NIU's Christian Campus Ministry is attempting to break down cultural barriers with its new Campus House. The house, located at 701 Lucinda Ave., has reached its capacity of 11 residents. Five of the residents are caucasian, two are black, three are Oriental...

As NIU plans to build a center in Rockford, the University of Illinois will pursue a piece of the action. At the Sept. 5 meeting of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, U of I President Stanley Ikenberry said NIU did not keep in touch with them on...

NIU officials are tight-lipped about a news conference tonight where NIU is expected to announce a branch campus in Hoffman Estates. The campus is reportedly enhanced with incentives from Sears Roebuck and Co. and Hoffman Estates. However, the expected...

NIU students planning to return next fall will find their tuition bills $86 higher if Board of Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves' proposal to hike tuition passes. The current freeze—tuition has remained stagnant for two years—is likely to thaw by...

A world-renowned karate expert is kicking his way into DeKalb. A.J. Nanay has opened a karate studio at 201 N. Fourth St. and is preparing for a grand opening in about a month. Nanay said he decided to open a studio in DeKalb because "one of my students...

A graduate from NIU will sit on its governing board for the first time as soon as November. Gov. James Thompson Tuesday signed House Bill 2842, adding two alumni to the Board of Regents, bringing the total number of voting members to 11 and three non-voting...

NIU law enthusiasts voiced mixed feelings about Supreme Court Justice Nominee David Souter, a man insistent about keeping his personal views on hot topics like abortion to himself. Ed Stapleton, a 26-year-old law student, said justices should not have...

Potentially dangerous steam from a broken underground steam pipe near Gabel Hall forced NIU engineers to fence off the area. Tony Coyle, chief plant operating engingeer, said the outercasing of the pipe is deteriorating and is allowing surface water into...

Smoking and drinking might become more expensive if Washington's congressional bargainers get their way and raise the "sin taxes" on cigarettes and alcohol. To help reduce the budget deficit $50 billion next year and $500 billion through 19905, the Bush...

Equal voting power is the name of the game. With the addition of two alumni to the Board of Regents, some say it would make sense to give the student board members voting power to equalize privileges. Until the alumni seats are filled, the board has nine...

As he sat in his newly-acquired director's chair, Doug Davis paused to take it all in. "I'm one of the last of the original staff." Davis, formerly the Cooperative Eduacation Coordinator became the program's new director on Aug. 1, 1990. The program allows...

Students who feel their cars were ticketed unjustly by NIU can appeal to the University Parking Appeals Committee. The committee hears appeals of students, faculty and staff, said Todd Allen, Student Association mass transit board adviser. There are 13...