The Student Committee on Political Action discussed Wednesday the possibilities of organizing a student strike, civil disobedience or direct action, and of involving faculty and staff in planning for the Day of Action II. The committee is striving for...

Rockford radio station WZOK will bring a pink Cadillac into the King Memorial Commons today between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. to encourage singer Bruce Springsteen to perform in Rockford. Paula Radtke, Student Association public relations adviser, said WZOK...

The Council on Instruction will discuss today reduction of undergraduate enrollment size and university bylaws. COI member Robert Wheeler said, "Many faculty members are interested in lowering the undergraduate enrollment. We will be discussing the possibility...

Is there an NIU student out there who traveled to Pittsburgh this weekend? If so, did you lose a comparative politics textbook? While traveling from Pittsburgh to Chicago Feb. 14 on U.S Air flight 205, DeKalb resident Mike Maher found the book entitled...

DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow proclaimed the week of Feb. 15 through 19 as Marketing Week in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday night in the Wirtz auditorium. Sparrow read a proclamation from his office and presented the document to Patrick Kagan. Kagan is...

NIU this fall will enforce its "core specific admission requirements" which will affect freshmen enrolling for the 1988-89 school year. NIU has changed its admission standards to include successful completion of a sequence of high school courses in addition...

The Henry Luce Foundation has awarded NIU's Center for Southeast Asian Studies a grant of $572,000. "Eight centers (including NIU's) known for their SEA programs were invited to apply for the grant," said Michael Aung-Thwin, director of NIU's center....

If anything positive possibly could come out of the whole bookstore/shoplifting farce, it could be a security system that will prevent similar episodes from happening again. The incident, during which a group of black students were followed as they walked...

Letters announcing a meeting concerning a second Unity Through Diversity Week were sent to student organizations. The informational meeting will be held Feb. 19 at 4 p.m. in Holmes Student Center Room 305. Gary Henderson, graduate assistant at the student...

At Tuesday's Huskie Club Luncheon, NIU men's basketball coach Jim Rosborough reacted to Monday night's heartbreak loss to Illinois-Chicago. "Our kids played hard, battled and scrapped, but just didn't end up on top," said Rosborough, who added he felt...

Gena Stubbs has every reason to be psyched for this game. When the NIU women's basketball team walks onto the floor of 2-20 Detroit's gymnasium Wednesday, the junior forward will carry out her 997 career points in hopes of breaking the 1,000-point milestone....

A communications professor who spoke to a group of about 30 NIU students said 13 advertising firms in the Chicago area admitted to using subliminal advertising. Charles Larson's presentation was part of a ceremony to start Marketing Week. The American...