NIU students have 176 campus organizations to choose from this fall which can contribute to their personal growth, career contacts, interpersonal relationships and more, but the key is knowing which group can best satisfy each student's interests. Zainal...

Bored? Penniless? Need a break from studying? Welcome to NIU. About 25,000 other people here feel the same way. But wait! NIU has several remedies for boredom that cost nothing or close to nothing. NIU provides numerous recreational services funded by...

Most NIU students don't have a problem riding a Huskie Bus or attending class, but 30 Genesis students are just learning how to live in our college society. Genoa's Genesis House is a place for mentally retarded adults to live and learn. Residents range...

Starting this fall, NIU students can buy books and supplies by using a new credit system at the University Bookstore and the Village Commons Bookstore. Both stores have a new system of charging, but they are not the same. The VCB credit system requires...

New NIU freshman will find opportunities throughout the school year to get comfortable with college life. Students who are homesick should "get involved" in all the activities not only in the residence halls but also across campus, said Sheryl Mullis,...

A dinner-theater performance of "Oedifice Lex," a satirical attack on everything serious, will come to NIU on Sept. 15 and will highlight the College of Law's alumni reunion weekend. Cocktails will be at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. and the performance at...

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,...