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...

Alternate plans to canceling classes or calling a strike on the April 13 Day of Action II were discussed Wednesday by the Student Committee on Poltical Action. Student Association president pro tempore Todd Kuzma said instead of calling a strike or canceling...

Office: Treasurer Major: Political Science Treasurer candidate Roger Beith said his plans include unity within the Student Association and the establishment of an impartial finance committee. "I would strive for unity within the SA by personally promoting...

Office: Vice President Major: Law Vice presidential candidate Ed Gil said he plans to "serve as the voice for mainstream students" and would like to "promote on-campus student interests." With an open-door policy, he wants the organizations "to come see...

Office: Vice President Major: Management Student Association vice presidential candidate Gregg Bliss said he plans to improve relations between campus organizations and the Student Association. Bliss said he would assign senators to liaison positions...

Members of the Board of Regents Facilities and Finance Committee did not take a position on whether or not to raise tuition next year, despite a request from NIU Student Regent Nick Valadez Wednesday. Valadez asked the committee to begin discussing the...

Projected DeKalb revenue for fiscal 1988 will exceed the city's projected expenditures by an estimated $68,000, City Manager Mark Stevens said. Stevens reported DeKalb's fiscal 1988 city budget status, assumptions and priority issues for the city's budget...

NIU administrators and other members of the university community have launched a campaign to influence the citizens of Illinois and legislators about the need for a tax hike to fund higher education. "We're gearing up for a big push (for a tax increase)...