A $125 tuition surcharge will be imposed on students of all Regency universities, including NIU, for the spring 1989 semester and every semester thereafter until it is removed by the Board of Regents, the Regents decided Thursday. Through a compromise...

Thomas Burton may not look, talk, act or think like the typical NIU student, but that's because he's anything but "typical." Burton has accomplished something few of his peers would even consider attempting. Burton, at the age of 70, received his doctorate...

Illinois ended August with $62 million in its General Funds account, $45 million more than the $17 million left at the end of August 1987, said Rick Davis, press secretary for the state of Illinois. The Illinois balance at the end of July 1988 was $265...

A case filed by a group opposing the construction of the Superconducting Super Collider in Illinois will have a hearing Monday in the Kane County Courthouse. Nancy Ebbert, a spokesperson for the Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources, said...

NIU's College of Law will benefit from a dinner and a Chicago Bar Association road company production this Saturday of the "Christmas Spirits" show titled "Lex Miserables." The proceeds from the dinner will establish a computer lab, which will be available...

The NIU smoking policy that went into effect Sept. 1 has caused few problems and has inspired more than 25 faculty and staff members to quit smoking. Pat Hewitt, Interior Facilities Committee chairman, said, "People seem to be adapting to it (the smoking...

It is inevitable. Students attending Illinois' public universities once again will have to chip in to make up for the state's lack of proper higher education funding. Since 1977 state funding appropriated to public universities has increased by 83.7 percent,...

Rapid technological advances in manufacturing and other industrial fields have created a need to "totally restructure vocational programs," John Lewis, NIU corporate relations director, said. "Our present vocational education system has failed to adapt...

Since the opening of NIU's Recreation Center in 1985, the rec center has increased in popularity among students, faculty, alumni and community members, according to an NIU survey. Rec center Director Betty Montgomery said, "1,200 to 1,500 participants,...

With the Board of Regents meeting at NIU today, several student activists plan to protest unpopular decisions such as increasing tuition, granting a paid leave of absence to former president Clyde Wingfield and firing a CHANCE counselor. Demonstrations...

Petitions asking the Board of Regents to re-evaluate its decision to give former NIU president Clyde Wingfield a paid, 12-month "administrative assignment" will be presented to the Regents by the Student Association along with protests to a proposed $125...

Although the University Police have not decided whether to have police on hand at the Board of Regents meeting today, they are aware of the potential problems which might develop because of protesting students. UP Capt. James Webster said the UPs are...