Through a $5,000 grant from the Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources, the NIU Student Association Recycling Station will be able to recycle non-biodegradable plastic milk cartons. Because of the problem with overflowing landfills, the state...

Two NIU students arrested for a fire which broke out last week in Stevenson Towers South are banned temporarily from the residence halls while awaiting their hearing at the NIU Judicial Office. John Belch, 20, 504 Stevenson Towers South, and David Pedersen,...

Whether or not smoking should be banned in the lower lounge of NIU's Memorial Library will be the basis of a student survey conducted by the Student Association Academic Affairs Committee. David Baum, SA Academic Affairs adviser, said the survey is an...

Housing has become a focus for viewing some of the major tensions and struggles in contemporary America, said Kathy McCourt, chairman of the sociology department at Loyola University of Chicago. McCourt spoke Wednesday to NIU students on the problems...

Faculty members and Student Association representatives of NIU's Athletic Board have given mixed reactions toward a recommendation from a board committee to reduce the two groups' membership by 57 percent. The proposal from the Ad Hoc Committee on Policy...

NIU will be hosting the 30th annual Northern Illinois Industrial Education Exhibit this Friday and Saturday. NIU will display work by industrial arts students from junior and senior high schools in 22 northern Illinois counties, said Gary Lintereur, exhibit...

Transfer student applications to NIU for the fall of 1987 will not be accepted after June 15 due to limited resources and an increase in applications. As of Feb. 19, transfer applications increased 13.6 percent since last year. Although the percentage...

In reaction to the lack of support for the proposed merger of NIU's journalism and communications departments, NIU acting Provost Daniel Wit has formed an ad hoc committee to review problems in the proposal. Jerrold Zar, dean of the Graduate School, said...

The outcomes of DeKalb's aldermanic races will be decided by voters at the polls today from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. esidents of the First Ward, which includes Greek Row, can cast their votes in the contest between NIU students Chris Hoagland and Dave Napoli...

An ample amount of Sunday's Student Association Senate meeting was devoted to reviewing eight organizations' 1987-88 budget requests and allocating funds. Before the more than $26,000 Health Enhancement budget was OK'd, Michael Haines, Health Enhancement...

Driving under the influence of alcohol, more commonly known as DUI, is the charge a randomly selected defendant will face in a mock trial Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Grant Towers North. Presiding over the mock trial will be Judge John Peterson of Kane County...

Phi Sigma Epsilon, a pre-professional business organization, will sponsor two projects this spring, one for the DeKalb community and another for the campus. Jeff Donaldson, PSE member, said PSE will sponsor a bingo night for the residents of Pine Acres...