Jon Dalton, vice president for student affairs, confirmed Friday that copies of the racially-derogatory newspaper, Thunderbolt, were mailed to students in four NIU residence halls last week. Dalton said he talked Friday with John Felver, associate director...

The Student Association Senate allocated Sunday more than $177,500 of student fees for the 1988-89 Campus Activities Board budget. The senate added $16,880 to the SA Finance Committee's budget recommendations. Todd Lipscomb, SA treasurer and finance committee...

The Student Association senate Sunday passed a resolution against The Northern Star's endorsements for SA executive election candidates. SA Sen. Aaron Burke said, "I move that this body pass a resolution that we do not approve of The Northern Star's policy...

Student Association presidential candidate Joseph Annunzio said he and his campaign mananger were responsible for removing and destroying an opponent's campaign banner Friday. The banner, which hung over a balcony at 623 Lucinda Ave., belonged to SA Public...

DeKalb's Department of Public Works will present a $2.5 million five-year road maintenance program to the city council at a special meeting tonight at 7. Ralph Tompkins, assistant director of public works and engineering services, said he will present...

Now that plans for the renovation of the Holmes Student Center tower have been approved in concept by the Board of Regents, NIU will move to develop more specific plans to submit to the board next month. Conrad Miller, physical plant project manager,...

Fifty full-time and about 150 part-time Amoco workers will be relocated or lose their jobs by the end of this year. The Amoco Oil Company decided to close its Telecommunications Center in DeKalb and transfer the activities to West Des Moines, Iowa, said...

DeKalb County's death toll from car accidents in the last two months nearly equals the total from 1987. Six people died in traffic accidents in 1988, compared to eight fatalities in 1987. DeKalb County Sheriff Roger Scott said he partly attributes the...

The Illinois State Scholarship Commission is working for a tax increase for higher education because of the General Assembly's $224 million cuts below the 1986-87 ISSC appropriation. Robert Clement, ISSC director for agency relations, said the commission's...

The Board of Regents Thursday approved NIU's proposed academic and capital improvement plans for next year, even though four members did not attend the meeting. The capital improvement plans approved by the Regents include the renovation of the exterior...

Copies of Thunderbolt, the racist newsletter found on Greek Row last fall, appeared again off-campus and in at least one NIU residence hall Thursday. Thunderbolt was mailed to students through bulk-rate mail in 8-by-11 gold-colored envelopes with a P.O....

The Student Association Mass Transit Board will vote Monday on proposals to decrease NIU handicapped transportation services by as much as 50 percent because not enough students are using the service. Linn Sorge, Services for Handicapped Students coordinator,...