NIU's administration is fighting an uphill battle in trying to get students to stay in DeKalb. In the losing process, NIU is taking a bad rap. The administration will keep losing until student groups start practicing what they preach and find the time...

Everybody involved in the Hoffman Estates project is waiting for everyone else to make the first move. Although NIU won't open the new educational facility until 1992, a few things are being done to work toward the completion of the center. "We are waiting...

Sue Johnson, the Democratic candidate for DeKalb County Clerk, said she believes she has "the knowledge and ability to administer all facets of the office." She said she is more prepared than her running mate, Chief Deputy Clerk Sharon Holmes, to take...

Parents will have chances to meet the people who lead NIU after the game Saturday. For the first time, there will be a president's reception and dinner while parents are in town. About 100 students and their parents will meet NIU President John La Tourette,...

Students who are interested in becoming communication studies majors and minors or have concerns or questions about the department's limited space might find it helpful to attend the department's semesterly meeting. Arthur Doederlein, undergraduate communication...

Guilty people go free while innocent people are barred. One murderer gets three years while another gets six months. Drunk drivers, rapists and child molesters are out on the streets again after serving little or no time. We all know this country's court...

NIU students should support efforts to tax their paychecks for social security. Student organizations on local, state and national levels were warned last week that students' school-related earnings are possible targets in Congress' attempt to cut the...

Sex and alcohol. Arguably two of the college population's favorite pastimes, these two words definitely go hand in hand. In August 1987, the incoming NIU freshmen were surveyed by the Health Enhancement Services. The survey questioned their health attitudes...

NIU's Student Association is fighting to make sure students get heard before the graduation ceremony's invocation and benediction are axed. Removing the prayers was suggested by Commencement Committee member Bruce Kremer, who cited a conflict in presenting...

The yearlong debate over University of Illinois symbol, Chief Illiniwek, was resolved last week with an almost unanimous vote to keep the Chief. University of Illinois board of trustees last week voted 7-1 to retain the 63-year-old tradition after hearing...

An abortion rights group was among three groups that endorsed State Sen. Patrick Welch, D-Peru, Monday afternoon. Pat Dougherty, a representative of the National Abortion Rights Action League, said she was encouraged by Welch's pro-choice stand since...

As the clock winds down for recommendations and the appointment of 1st Ward alderman post in DeKalb, both the city and the Student Association hope to avoid the controversy that surounded last year's process and tore the rift between the organizations...