Have you noticed the lack of substantial media coverage for the upcoming Olympic Games? Now, I can't speak about coverage in other countries, but in the good ol‘ United States the traditional pre-Olympics "get geared up" news has been pretty slim. Reading...

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...

A $125 tuition increase for the spring 1989 semester probably will be approved by the Board of Regents Thursday, a Regent's member said. Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves will recommend the increase to the Regents at Thursday's board meeting in the Holmes...

A plan presented by Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis for a federal college loan program which would tie payments to graduating students' income is flawed. The proposal is aimed at middle-class students who are not eligible for many need-based...

In a 4 to 1 vote, DeKalb City Council members voted themselves and Mayor Greg Sparrow pay raises at Monday's council meeting. The raises will affect the mayor's position and wards 2, 4 and 6, which are up for reelection in April. Raises will be effective...

The term "movie theater" can conjure up many images: buttered popcorn in cardboard boxes the size of Pontiac Catalinas, acres of low-pile carpeting, ushers in maroon polyester tuxedoes, floors like the LeBrae Tarpits, et cetera. One image rarely associated...