The Holmes Student Center needs money. One area in the student center, the University Bookstore, makes a "significant" profit and the center's reserves are being depleted. A Student Center Financial Profile states as of June 30, the repair and replacement...

Although there were rumors of many complaints about Genesis House residents using NIU facilities for free, university officials said the rumors are unfounded. Genesis House is a residential program for mentally retarded people, said Jack King, liason...

Doug Davis would like to see 25 percent of NIU's 25,000 students placed in cooperative education jobs. He's about 5,000 shy of that goal. "Co-op ed" is a "win-win situation," Davis insists. For students, it means work experience, course credit, paychecks...

Barbara Henley said she has not decided who she wants to hire to fill the vacant position of NIU's Associate Vice President of Student Affairs. Henley said she has not finished reference checks on the four candidates. NIU's Office of Affirmative Action...

NIU students might pay up to $2 a gallon for gas as soon as next week, a DeKalb service station owner said. "I can see gas going to $2 a gallon by the end of next week," said Bob Simmons, owner of Bob's Amoco, 1102 N. First St. Experts blamed Iraq's takeover...

Last Wednesday's busing referendum, to determine if students would approve a fee increase to support summer Huskie Bus service, was accepted by NIU students in an overwhelming majority. A low student turnout, 297 or four percent of the student population,...

Anyone who experiences a minor injury or other situation that is not life-threatening will soon have a new place to go for treatment. The DeKalb Clinic is building its Urgent Care Center around the atrium adjacent to the clinic's main lobby at 217 Franklin...

Tenants of the Stadium View II apartment complex, currently under construction, might find themselves in temporary housing instead of their leased apartments later this month. The first two buildings were originally scheduled to be completed by Aug. 23....

Tipu Isaac Mchimika Vareta, principal secretary of Malawi's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism, is visiting NIU to get some specialized training to benefit his country. For three weeks this summer, Vareta will be learning strategic management and...

A new student loan is available at NIU this fall for middle-income Illinois families. Linda Dersch, NIU Assistant Director of Financial Aid, said the Illinois Opportunity Loan Program, offered by the Illinois Assistance Commission, was designed to help...

Although Illinois Gov. James Thompson has yet to sign or veto a House Bill that would add an alumnus from NIU and Illinois State University, at Normal, to the Board of Regents, a list of nominees is in the making. However, Ken Beasley, assistant to NIU...

Funding for the Wirtz Quadrangle construction, $75,000 more than orginally estimated, was approved by the Board of Regents Thursday and the project will begin in August. "The original figure was about $360,000, the new figure came in around $434,000,"...