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LA&S enrollment, budget diverge

By Markos Moulitsas | September 27, 1993

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has had to face growing enrollment while simultaneously being forced to deal with a shrinking budget over the last few years. Despite a general downturn in enrollment at NIU within the last five years, LA&S...

Program perusing

September 27, 1993

Once again, the Academic Planning Council will review targeted programs at NIU as part of a statewide plan. Healthy Huskies? NIU students and staff speculate about what the coming health care reform will mean to younger Americans. Words of advice Alfredo...

Expo offers overview of faculty resources

By Rick Moreci | September 27, 1993

Members of NIU's faculty and staff will have an opportunity to attend an exposition today in the Holmes Student Center's Duke Ellington Ballroom. The first annual Faculty and Staff Resources and Benefits Expo is from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. today. "This is an...

The new Miss America of the 90s

September 27, 1993

Boston—Before you throw away the handy and stash the scorecard for another year and another pageant, one last word on the latest word from Atlantic City. The new improved Miss America, the much vaunted and somewhat updated "real woman of the ‘90s"...

Latino magazine publisher to offer motivating advice

By Jen Bland | September 27, 1993

Founder, editor and publisher of Hispanic magazine Alfredo J. Estrada will be on campus tonight offering words of advice and motivation to students. Estrada will be speaking at 7:30 p.m. in the Regency Room of the Holmes Student Center. Hispanic is a...

Governors have high hopes for ‘information highway’

September 26, 1993

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER JOHN STRAUSS INDIANAPOLIS (AP)—The Midwest states should cooperate in building a regional ‘‘information highway'‘ to help lure business and prepare for a coming information revolution, organizers of a technology summit...

Four French peacekeepers wounded by Croatian mines

September 26, 1993

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER BRANKA KOSTOVKA ZAGREB, Croatia (AP)—Croatian mines wounded four French peacekeepers, sparking a bitter protest Sunday from the commander of U.N. forces in former Yugoslavia. Two of the French soldiers were wounded Saturday when...

Act to provide funding

By Dan Jacobsen | September 26, 1993

Thousands of students will be able to spend time serving their communities at home to help pay for college. On the South Lawn of The White House at 11:15 a.m. last Monday, President Clinton signed into law the landmark National and Community Service Trust...

A new counter-revolution

September 26, 1993

BOSTON—When they call, reporters ask the dean the same question: Are you serious about this? The fine print in The Antioch College Sexual Offense Policy could provide raw material for a dozen campus parodies. New students who arrive on the venerable...

New lanes bowl over old alley

By Chris Nelson | September 23, 1993

The Huskie Den is in the process of establishing itself as one of the premier bowling alleys in the area as it replaces the common wood surface with new-age synthetic material. Already outfitted with electronic scoring for all of its lanes, the den is...

Clinton’s plan: How some families would do

September 23, 1993

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER CHRISTOPHER CONNELL WASHINGTON (AP)—If you've been skating by without health insurance to make payments on your BMW, the Clinton health plan could mean some big new bills. But if you've been unable to get coverage because your...

Croatia presses U.N. on demands

September 23, 1993

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Tony Smith ZAGREB, Croatia (AP)—Croats clinging to their last village in Serb-controlled land are in danger of being driven out or killed in retaliation for a brutal Croat attack, a U.N. official said Thursday. U.N. civil affairs...