Student financial aid might be the subject of a study by the Illinois Board of Higher Education this summer which might be used to convince legislators to increase funding for financial programs. The IBHE will vote on a recommendation to establish a committee,...

NIU athletic department personnel gave mixed reviews of the internal committee's report which was released Tuesday. Men's Athletic Director Robert Brigham said Wednesday he would be in favor of implementing the recommendation to have only one athletic...

Former Board of Regents Chancellor William Monat will receive a two-month salary of more than $14,000 to continue a long-term research project on the effects of governing systems in higher education in Illinois. Monat said he plans to investigate Illinois'...

Jerry Thompson will retain his job as adviser of The Northern Star and NIU will pay more than 60 percent of his attorney's fees after nearly a year of legal negotiations came to a close Tuesday. "It's too bad that we had to go through a lengthy, expensive...

Huskie Buses will continue to run in north Greek Row for the time being while DeKalb officials continue discussions on the issue with NIU student groups. At the request of DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow, the DeKalb City Council decided Monday not to take action...

Because of Founders Memorial Library's concern for students and faculty during its restructuring project ending in August 1986, the library won the John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award. When the library conducted the "In Search of Space" project,...

The Illinois Board of Higher Education has joined the nationwide effort to eliminate the abuse of illegal drugs and alcohol by recommending Illinois universities be required to make efforts to educate and prevent drug use on campuses. An IBHE report states...

Lobbying efforts by Illinois schools to support Gov. James Thompson's tax proposal would be a "misappropriate" way to spend money, said Representative John Countryman, (R-DeKalb). Governing boards of Illinois universities support the proposed tax increase,...

The windows of NIU's residence halls will be dark tonight if the Residence Hall Association's plan for a blackout succeeds. A is holding a blackout tonight from 8 to 8:15 p.m., said Joe Scheidler, RHA's vice president of administration. "The room and...

"A Unity Affair" is the title of a dance to be held by the newly formed Coalition for Unity this Thursday evening at the Eagle's Club. The coalition, made up of members of numerous student groups on campus, was created shortly after the recent display...

A fee of $118 per credit hour will be charged to students who want to enroll in NIU's off-campus graduate business classes, almost twice as much as the fee for campus classes. Approved by the Board of Regents Thursday, the money will be used to relocate...

SPRINGFIELD—In an effort to gain the money necessary to bring faculty salaries up to the state average level, the Board of Regents Thursday endorsed all proposed tax increases in Gov. James Thompson's recommended budget for Fiscal Year 1987-88. Under...