Last semester's proposal for a student-run credit union at NIU has come to a standstill while supporters try to regroup. Three out of the five students who came up with the idea graduated, and two haven't linked up with the NIU professor behind the idea,...

The recent abuse of NIU transportation privileges is spurring discussion to limit or axe student organizations' vehicle usage. But officials in the Student Affairs office are ready to put up a fight against additional regulations on student groups. As...

Last spring when Stacey Robinson's name was mentioned in the same sentence as the Heisman Trophy, quite a few people enjoyed a hearty laugh. It seemed outrageous that someone from NIU, much less DeKalb, would be a candidate for a national award. But after...

University of Wisconsin-Madison smokers might find their right to light up stops at another's nose, but some at NIU said an indoor smoking ban isn't fair. UW-Madison Chancellor Donna Shalala announced Monday she supports a campus-wide ban on all indoor...

Students who registered to verify on-campus employment eligibility as early as the first day of classes will be surprised to discover their first paychecks won't arrive until October. The deadline to register for on-campus employment was Aug. 24, three...

A new Illinois bill providing money to minority male education majors will help only a few NIU students, but is a first step toward creating role models for youngsters from broken homes. Gov. James Thompson signed the bill Sept. 6 to provide about $250,000...

Students can lower their tuition by opening their mouths Wednesday when their voice in Illinois government lets them protest skyrocketing tuition bills. The public hearing is the first of many in Illinois designed by the legislature to decide if tuition...

The Illinois Student Association gave NIU ample time to find a candidate for a statewide tuition committee despite objections from NIU Student Association officials, ISA board members said. ISA Chairman Susan Hall said the ISA discussed the need for candidates...

You're back to school and are so happy to be away from your nagging parents. All they do is tell you when to come home, what to do and what to avoid. They ask you silly questions and try so hard to understand your life - something you want to keep secret....

Although some people might not agree with President George Bush's stand on the Persian Gulf Crisis, some members of NIU's ROTC take the same stand. At a Sunday morning press conference in Helsinki, Finland, Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev emphasized...

Nearly a third of NIU students each year flip burgers and push paper in jobs with the university. Melody Amundsen, NIU student employment coordinator, said about 8000 of NIU's nearly 25,000 students find work on campus annually. Between 3000 and 3500...

The word is finally getting out and petitions are coming in for students to be included on the Student Association senate election ballot. SA President Robert McCormack said 51 students took petitions for 40 senate seats. Twenty-three of the petitions...