The hearing procedures of the Student Judicial Code have been criticized because students are represented by student advocates while NIU is represented by professionals. "I think we really need to take a look at the (judicial) code book," Collin Halliman,...

The wind is turning colder, the leaves are changing colors and fall is in the air. This time of year not only means weather changes, it also marks the time of the NIU Jazz Ensemble's annual fall concert. The performance will be held at 8 p.m. Nov. 4 in...

Minority graduate students looking for fellowships, your ship has just come in. Ford Motor Company will be awarding 5 three-year pre-doctoral fellowships and 20 one-year dissertation fellowships to qualifying Native American, Alaskan Native, African-American,...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER LARRY MARGASAK WASHINGTON (AP)—The Senate Tuesday night voted to back the ethics committee's enforcement of a subpoena for Sen. Bob Packwood's diaries, culminating a wrenching debate over how to police members' conduct. The 94-6...

Nicaraguan Foreign Minister, Miguel D'Escoto told an audience Monday about the present political and economic crisis in Nicaragua. His lecture, titled, "Nicaragua on the Brink, Peace or Civil War?" explained the state of Nicaraguan affairs placing much...

InterNet gives students a link to the business world in northern Illinois. InterNet (Internship Networking) is sponsored by the East West Corporate Corridor Association. The company typically sponsors a summer program and recently added a minority program....

The Interfraternity (IFC) and Panhellenic (Panhel) councils of NIU will soon have a new administrative position in their executive boards. Representatives of the University Programming and Activities board approached both the IFC and Panhel in September...

Over the last 16 months, NIU President John La Tourette has spent 30 days traveling out of the country with another university official while the university paid their bills. On four of the five trips La Tourette has made out of the country since June...

A new committee could ease tuition pressures at NIU. Rey Brune, chair of the newly-established Committee to Study Affordability in Higher Education, said he hopes recommendations from the committee will help relieve the burden of increasing tuition costs...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER MICHAEL WHITE LOS ANGELES (AP)—Fierce winds sent a wildfire barreling down mountain canyons into Malibu on Tuesday, destroying at least 30 homes and forcing thousands to flee. Nine people were injured, including a director who...

Attention Huskie Bus riders: If anyone is standing outside the Founders Memorial Library Monday wondering where their bus is, don't say we didn't warn you. Starting at 7 a.m. next Monday, all the bus routes will be changing back to their original point...