Although twice as many student loan defaulters were cited in Illinois this year than in 1987, the default rate has remained fairly constant at NIU. NIU's rate "has historically been relatively low," said Jerry Augsburger, director of NIU's student loan...

Republican incumbent for the 14th Congressional District Dennis Hastert said his record in office is one of the main advantages why voters should elect him for a second term. "Experience is the obvious advantage over my opponent," he said. Hastert, who...

Iraq's invasion of Kuwait is costing everyone at the pump - including NIU. However, there is no reason to be alarmed, said Patricia Hewitt, associate vice president of NIU's Business and Operations. While NIU is "paying more than was originally budgeted...

Sunday is the only day off for most people, and they would not even consider getting out of bed early, much less run a 26.2 mile marathon. But Theresa Jacobsen and Margie Gilmore aren't taking the day off—they're running in the New York Marathon and...

A Democratic state representative defended Attorney General Neil Hartigan's education plans in a meeting Wednesday with the NIU Faculty Senate. State Rep. Woods Bowman, D-Evanston, said Hartigan is looking more realistically at education funding than...

Residence hall dwellers can do their part to help feed the homeless by forfeiting four Tuesday evening meals in the cafeteria next semester. The NIU Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness is kicking off its annual skip-a-meal program with sign-up beginning...

The time is drawing near for a rude awakening. With the end of the semester around the corner, many an NIU freshman will learn a term that symbolizes all the facts they didn't learn, all the homework they blew off and all the classes they skipped—academic...

NIU's sororities have a new president who said she is ready to get the governing council united and moving forward. Christina Hulting, an Alpha Delta Pi sorority member and former Panhellenic Council vice president of membership development, was elected...

NIU students who receive financial aid might find themselves empty-handed next year. Students who depend on financial aid from the Federal Higher Education Act Reauthorization (HEA)-Title Four, which was established in 1965, might come up short if they...

Although NIU officials hoped to already have a site chosen for the NIU Rockford Center by today, officials are meeting today to talk about remaining choices. The university site-selection advisory committee checked out the 16 proposed sites and narrowed...

Sangamon State University faculty might strike within 24 hours after not hearing pleasing answers from Monday night negotiations with the Board of Regents. On Monday, the Board made its "final and best" offer of a 2 percent salary increase for the professors,...