WASHINGTON (AP)—A congressional agency's report on last October's stock market crash concluded Tuesday that computerized trading equipment and the way transactions are regulated should be overhauled to avoid another such plunge. The General Accounting...

More than $1,000,000 in Build Illinois funds granted to NIU is being put to use on six major projects here. Conrad Miller, project manager for NIU's physical plant, said although construction on certain projects has not been seen on campus yet, the projects...

Money might not be available to fund the Illinois State Scholarship Commission's Merit Recognition Award for 1988-89. Board of Regents member Clara Fitzpatrick said if there is not enough funding for the ISSC, she said she would prefer not funding the...

Through the help of the President's Fee Study Committee, it appears there might be a chance NIU's athletic facilities could finally see some much-needed renovation and improvement. The committee voted Monday to increase student fees by $1.20 per semester....

NIU student Clark Cavish pleaded not guilty Tuesday at a preliminary hearing Monday for allegedly striking a student with his car during the Oct. 21 Day of Action rally. Duke Harris, assistant DeKalb County state's attorney, said Cavish, 22, 824 Greenbrier...

The Campus Security Advisory Board needs a leadership overhaul. Meetings are either not scheduled, scheduled and then cancelled at the last minute, or announced only to a few members, but not enough for a quorum. Student members of the board and faculty...

An attorney representing 20-year-old Demetrius Glenn asked Monday that Glenn be considered for a drug rehabilitation program instead of being sentenced to a prison term of up to five years. Glenn is charged with reckless homicide in connection with the...

Fire hazards which threatened the removal of art studios in Altgeld Hall have been "solved" this semester, but the art department chairman remains concerned about the future status of the studios. Art Department Chairman Robert Even said the department...

United States Reps. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill, and Fred Grandy, R-Iowa, told DeKalb residents agricultural conditions are improving in the country. Hastert said the focus of Monday's town meeting at the Dekalb County Farm Bureau was one issue—agriculture....

A strategy to use DeKalb's $300,000 in Venture Capital Funds in a series of projects was proposed by City Manager Mark Stevens to the City Council Monday night. Stevens said the city 18 months ago reserved $300,000 for a project, and he wanted to know...

Practically everyone connected with higher education can remember those summer and fall days in 1987 as some of the most painful days. The funding status of the system followed almost as rocky a course as the stock market did in the fall. With the state...

A student fee increase of $1.20 was approved by the President's Fee Study Committee Monday for NIU's field house and stadium budgets for next year. The committee's approval will be sent to NIU President John LaTourette. If he approves, the increase will...