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 college students are notorious for crossing busy campus streets without regard to traffic, the epidemic is a problem for drivers. Often, many students wander into streets ignoring oncoming traffic and the threat to safety, creating hassles and...

It's election time. There are two U.S. Congressional races that DeKalb residents will vote on in the Nov. 6 election. U.S. Rep. Lynn Martin, R-Loves Park, is running against incumbent Sen. Paul Simon, D-Illinois. Incumbent Republican Dennis Hastert and...

Minority students are more likely to be successful in a white-majority college than a college oriented toward minority students, according to a Chicago researcher. However, some NIU minority resources directors disagree with the study, released last week...

Students need to become more aware of and more involved in politics, according to a group of state and local Democrats running for office. Speakers at last week's forum sponsored by NIU's Young Democrats included NIU law student Robert Tisch, State Sen....

Humiliation. Degradation. Rape. A rape victim's sense of shame makes sexual assault cases harder for the police to solve. Rape victims, unlike victims of other crimes, suffer emotional and psychological damage, University Police and SART member John Lovell...

Volunteer orientation meetings for Big Brothers/Big Sisters of DeKalb County are scheduled this fall for persons interested in volunteering. There will be 17 meetings between Sept. 17 and Dec. 6 at 3:30 and 7 p.m. Volunteers are encouraged to attend one...

Fitness-minded students in Grant Towers now have more room to flex their muscles with a bigger weightroom in the basement of Grant Towers South. The facility, dubbed the Tower of Power, was expanded about 1000 square feet to accomodate 100 new members....