The president of the architectural firm slated to redesign the Holmes Student Center tower's new exterior said Wednesday his firm would not let aesthetics come before necessary improvements on the tower. Randall Lindstrom, president of Ware and Associates,...

Fires ignited in two elevators at Grant Towers South residence hall caused about $300 in damage Monday night, DeKalb firefighters said. University Police said pizza boxes were set on fire and put in the north and south elevators on the B wing. UPs said...

An electronic security system for the Holmes Student Center Bookstore has been selected and is in the process of being ordered in an attempt to curb bookstore shrinkage. Materials Management Director J. Donald Widick said the security system should be...

WASHINGTON (AP)—The government's chief economic forecasting gauge shook off the October stock market slump to post a 0.9 percent increase in February in a performance which analysts said should lay to rest fears of a 1988 recession. In a second upbeat...

An estimated 1,150 students voted Tuesday in the first day of the Student Association executive elections. Elections commissioner Doug Moore said he expects the same number of students, if not more, to vote today. However, he said it depends on the weather....

By April, the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce plans to take a position in favor of or against increased state funding for all levels of education, including support for NIU. Chamber President Tim Lehan said the chamber is gathering information about the funding...

The Campus Activities Board has failed to make a profit on films for the past two years. CAB president Tracy Stitzel said CAB films inherited a deficit from last year and this year films have only broken even. Even though a movie might make money, those...

NIU is on the verge of easing the campus parking problem with plans to create five new parking lots within the next year, but parking permit fees will be increased. The five new lots would create about 810 new parking spaces on campus, according to NIU...

NIU Cine Club and Ars Nova will sponsor the Best of the 26th Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival tonight from 7 to 11:30 in the Visual Arts Building auditorium room 100. Cine Club President Lisa Gosciejew said, "It's the oldest 16mm film festival in North...

The committee planning the Holmes Student Center tower's new design will meet at 2 p.m. in the student center's Illinois Room to discuss specifics for the tower's schematic design. Conrad Miller, physical plant project manager, said committee members...

A representative of citizens against building the Superconducting Super Collider in Illinois asked the Student Association Sunday to oppose the collider's location in Illinois. The senate has not taken a position on the issue. SA Sen. Jana Stringfellow...

Most students who use the Huskie Bus Line are satisified with the services, a Student Association Mass Transit Board bus survey revealed. Graduate Assistant Mary Hermsen said students indicated in general they are satisfied toward the busing system. Hermsen...