The Student Committee on Policical Action voted in favor of changing the name of Day of Action II to the Day of Action to Fight Education Cuts and Racism, in spite of opposition from Student Association staff. SA president pro-tempore Todd Kuzma said...

Fourteen Sigma Pi fraternity pledges and active members were arrested Saturday and charged with public intoxication and possession of open alcoholic beverages under the legal age in Johnson County, Iowa. Donald Bezek, Jr., Frank J. Calabrese, Michael...

About 60 Gilbert Hall residents questioned where they would live next year at a forum with NIU food service and housing representatives. The closing of Gilbert's third floor and halting food service there on weekends was announced to Gilbert residents...

Law enforcement officials said students charged with driving under the influence of alcohol could face fines of $400 and attorneys' fees. Detective Bill Feithen of the DeKalb Police Department said in 1986, 25 percent of all DUI cases in DeKalb involved...

The Northern Star basketball writers have selected Rodney Davis as Player of the Year for the 1987-88 NIU men's basketball team. The senior guard finished the season with 26 points in a losing cause Monday, and ended his career in ninth place on the all-time...

The Student Association Internal Affairs Committee will continue bylaw revision recommendations tonight. The IAC discussed several recommendations involving SA organizations. At the Feb. 24 meeting, committee member Diana Turowski recommended merging...

A preliminary study on student retention rates by the Illinois Board of Higher Education ranked NIU fourth out of 10 state universities and colleges. The study, which was based on the number of freshmen entering universities in 1980 and how many of that...

The University Council will take action today on a proposal calling for a reduction in the size of the NIU Athletic Board from 34 to 20 members. UC Executive Secretary Judy Bischoff said council members will vote on the Rules and Governance Committee...

The Dairy Queen restaurant near the NIU's East Lagoon soon will be replaced by a new sit-down Tom and Jerry's restaurant. John Pappas, owner of Tom and Jerry's, 185 W. Lincoln Hwy., said he plans to build a new Tom and Jerry's on the Dairy Queen property....

The Northern Illinois Faculty Union will continue to solicit support for a collective bargaining election, but the union's main efforts for the next two months will focus on securing adequate higher education funding, University Professionals of Illinois...

The 3C bus service will end March 11, the Student Association Mass Transit Board decided, and a Huskie Busline student identification card policy drafted by the board will be effective March 21. The board discussed at Monday's meeting possibilities of...

Four of the five executive members of the NIU Young Democrats have switched their support from Sen. Paul Simon, D-Ill., to Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis. John Morreale, the group's chairman and DeKalb County director of the Dukakis for President...