If recent salary trends for NIU graduates continue, seniors suffering from senioritis might be provided with an antidote. The average salary for bachelor's degree recipients went up 5 percent from the 1987-88 graduating class to the 1988-89, according...

Despite doubts about the worth of a master's of business administration in the 1990s, applications to NIU's program are up 20 percent from 1989. "Job opportunities are not as good for every graduate as they were 10 years ago," said Steve Hallam, Graduate...

Campus organizations will have the opportunity to show newcomers what they have to offer at the upcoming Organizational Expo '90. The annual gathering of campus-wide organizations will be held in the Holmes Student Center Duke Ellington Ballroom from...

Ambitious, not suicidal, is the way Huskies field hockey coach Lauri Bell described her team's 1990 schedule. NIT faces off against the Ball State Cardinals today at 1 p.m. at Huskie Stadium to embark on that ambitious journey. The front line for the...

Three new restaurants have appeared on the streets of DeKalb. Nick's Sandwiches, 185 W. Lincoln Hwy., opened its doors for business on Aug. 25 in the old Tom and Jerry's building. Owner Tom Tsiftilis is a veteran of the DeKalb restaurant business. At...

NIU women's basketball coach Jane Albright completed her 1990-91 staff with the announcement of two assistant coaching appointments. Last season's graduate assistant coach Kamie Ethridge has been named a full-time assistant coach. Ethridge replaces Kim...

No news is good news. This sacred scrap of wisdom, which is mumbled by seasoned newsroom veterans and whispered by anxious journalism school pups, isn't widely accepted by the reading public. It comes from what the media call the "man bites dog" mentality:...

An NIU facility for off-campus graduate programming in Rockford might be established if a staff recommendation to go ahead with plans is approved Wednesday. The Illinois Board of Higher Education's vote, to be cast at its meeting at Decatur's Millikin...

Eight quiet months have passed for NIU's $78,000 security phone system. "Generally speaking, (the phones) have been used very infrequently," said Officer Albert "Swede" Ekstrom. The 17-phone network began service in January as a way for staff and students...

John Lovell, a university police officer and member of the Sexual Assault Task Force, has tips for NIU students trying to avoid crimes. If you are at a party, make sure someone knows where you are and where you are going if you leave. When drinking alcohol,...

Gosh, time really flies! It's Thursday already and the ‘syllabus week' of classes has already begun. Some of us though, are still trying to recover from move-in week. Move in week is a (sort of) supervised version of "The Blue Lagoon." Here you are,...

The rise in Illinois students' SAT scores should not be overstated, said one NIU testing expert. Recently released Illinois Student Aptitude Test verbal score averages increased from 462 to 466 and math scores increased from 520 to 528. The national averages...