Nancy Beasley has proposed a special lottery fund for education. Beasley, the Republican candidate for state senate, said she wants to see lottery profits go directly into a separate fund for schools. Currently, the profits go to the general education...

DeKalb area residents have a chance to learn about world culture today without having to travel far. For the fifth year, the Mini-World Showcase will represent cultures and traditions from all around the globe. Annette Johnson Serrano, coordinator of...

Blacks forced to immerse themselves in a white-based curricula lose touch with the cultural complexities of the unique black experience. Those were the sentiments expressed by representatives of BROTHERS, which is sponsoring the panel discussion "Are...

Students hoping for some extra money to help pay for next year's college education have five months to beat the deadline. The deadline to turn in financial aid forms for the 1991-1992 academic year is March 1, said Cheryl Schaeffer, assistant director...

NIU's American Marketing Association chapter will hold its second annual walk-a-thon next month to raise money for the Starlight Foundation, an organization which supports chronically, critically and terminally ill children. The five mile walk-a-thon...

The Washington Post William Raspberry Chalk it up to the doleful combination of approaching my 55th birthday and too many hours spent watching the budget debates on C-Span. But I have the sad feeling of watching America coming apart at the seams. I'm...

Illinois faces a tough challenge this year as the nation moves toward recession and the state continues to mix priorities within, Doug Whitley, Illinois Taxpayers Federation, said at a meeting with the Young Democrats at NIU Friday . "The challenge of...

A Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian and professor will be the first speaker in NIU's newly-established "Distinguished Lecturer Series." Arthur Scheslinger Jr. will discuss the post-Cold War world in a free public lecture Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. in the...

The external beautification of the Holmes Student Center is just a facelift for what the administration hopes to be a complete body overhaul. Plans for the renovation of several areas inside the student center are being finalized and implemented, beginning...

NIU will be a brighter place as early as next semester when the switch is flipped for a $34,000 modern lighting system. The new system comes in response to a survey conducted by NIU President John La Tourette's office and the Student Association. The...

On Oct. 9, the place to be and be seen was the satanism lecture presented by the Campus Crusade of Christ. Twenty minutes before the lecture began, the Carl Sandburg Auditorium was already half full. Some Campus Crusaders were pleased, though there were...

Student Association President Robert McCormack on Sunday delayed nominating two SA Supreme Court justices until next week. Currently, the SA Supreme Court has three out of five justices, including Chief Justice Thomas Gary. "We're not punching a time...