SPRINGFIELD—A bill that would give the Illinois State Scholarship Commission supplemental funding to offset the effect of the $150 tuition increase was held in committee yesterday and did not appear before the Illinois Senate. A spokesman for the senate...

About 100 NIU students blocked traffic on Lincoln Hwy. and one student was slightly injured Wednesday during a statewide Day of Action protest against budget cuts to higher education. Along with the blocking of Lincoln Hwy., students marched through several...

Demonstrations protesting the $150 tuition increase were not limited to Springfield, Chicago and DeKalb Wednesday. Students from about 15 state universities participated in the Day of Action, a lobbying effort during the General Assembly veto session....

CHICAGO—As part of the statewide Day of Action, representatives from Illinois and Wisconsin schools marched and rallied against Illinois tuition increases here Wednesday. After a pre-rally at the University of Illinois-Chicago campus, protesters marched...

SPRINGFIELD—A crowd of about 500 flooded the steps of the State Capitol to rally and lobby for higher education funding during Wednesday's Day of Action. The declared protest day was in response to the $53 million budget cut to higher education for...

Dan Smith was found guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol and improper lane usage during a mock trial Wednesday night at the NIU College of Law. The case, which was co-sponsored by the NIU Health Services and Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity,...

A new concept used in NIU's "Pizza Fest '87" should help to involve more DeKalb pizza establishments in the years to come, said Steve Pikturna, coordinator of the fest. Pikturna said in the past two years, the fests, sponsored by the Phi Sigma Epsilon...

As part of National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week, the Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity will sponsor a breathalizer test demonstration at 6:30 p.m. today in Swen Parson Rm. 170. Delta Theta Phi co-dean K. Patrick Yarbrough, said "two fraternity members...

Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week will take on legal dimensions tonight at 6:30 p.m. when NIU Health Services and the Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity present a mock trial in Swen Parson, Rm. 170. Delta Theta Phi co-Dean K. Patrick Yarbrough said the...

NIU President John LaTourette will be a guest on WLBK's call-in show, "Party line", on Friday. WLBK News Director Mike McPhillips said the show's host will ask LaTourette questions for the first 25 to 30 minutes of the show and the remaining minutes are...

Although students may not have to pay more for bus service next year, the fee might be increased about $5 per academic year for fiscal years 1990 and 1991. The Student Association Mass Transit Board approved a budget recommendation Monday which includes...

The Black Student Union invited Maulana Karenga to speak Wednesday to the student body to encourage students to strive for excellence in academic studies despite racial intentions on campus. BSU President Pam Bozeman said, "The BSU invited him (Karenga)...