Students will be paying for a new fleet of buses if the mass transit board has their way. The Student Association Mass Transit Board plans to ask students for a 50 percent busing fee increase over the next five years for 13 new buses with wheelchair lifts...

NIU political science professor Morton J. French will present a paper titled "Shakespeare's Richard III and the Soul of the Tyrant." All are welcome Feb. 1 at 4 p.m. in Founders Memorial Library 409. Committee to hold blood drive Blood donations will...

Local government and business leaders Monday announced a drug-free workplace awareness week in February for DeKalb county. "The interest in fighting drug abuse has never been higher," said State Sen. Pat Welch (D-Peru). Welch and others signed a declaration...

DeKalb residents wishing to vote in the April 2 election have until March 4 to register. Only residents of wards 1, 3, 5, and 7 may vote for their city alderman in the election, said county elections clerk Nancy Marchiando. However, all DeKalb County...

DeKalb residents wishing to vote in the April 2 election have until March 4 to register. Only residents of wards 1, 3, 5 and 7 may vote for their city alderman in the election, said county elections clerk Nancy Marchiando. However, all DeKalb County residents...

The Student Association squared off Sunday while attempting to pass a resolution in support of U.S. troops in the Persian Gulf. Views altered between anti-Bush sentiments, statements of neutral support for U.S. troops and questions to whether the war...

Glass-shattering vandals smashed windows in four cars and two apartments on DeKalb's west side this weekend. The rash of vandalism caused damages and thefts totaling more than $2,000, police said Sunday. Windows were broken in two cars parked in the 800...

The Illinois economy could play a role in whether NIU will receive an increase in their operating budget for the next fiscal year. Newly elected Gov. Jim Edgar has made it known that the budget increases would depend on how the Illinois economy is doing,...

An NIU alumnus is making his mark in higher places. Illinois Attorney General Roland W. Burris recently announced the appointment of John Stevens, 1978 alumnus of NIU School of Law, to the position of Chief Counsel to the Attorney General. Stevens, a...

Some students at NIU are sharpening pencils and licking stamps to send letters to soldiers at war in the Persian Gulf. "We supply the paper, envelopes, stamps and addresses," said Andrea Loeb, Staff Assistant for Neptune Hall. Loeb held a meeting yesterday...

Students are caught in the middle over internal Student Association fighting about who has the power to direct the Illinois Student Association referendum date, an SA adviser said. "I think it is unfortunate that the student body has to be jerked around...

NORMAL—NIU got the go-ahead for a Specialization in Sport Management in the physical education program last week by the Board of Regents. The specialized courses cover managing sports enterprises, facilities planning and use, accounting, finance and...