The Student Association has big plans to broaden its already successful recycling center on campus next fall. Last year, the SA used Lincoln Hall and Stevenson Towers North as their pilot buildings for newspaper recycling. Douglas Hall was used as a pilot...

Three of the nation's major players in the student loan business are working on a project that will make applying for student loans easier. The Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae), the College Board, and the Teachers Insurance and Annuity...

To some people, the idea of summer camp conjures up images of hiking through poison ivy and mosquito-filled forests. To the junior high and high school students attending the NIU summer camps, it is a different image. High school freshman Josh Cohen said...

Student Association executives worry student fees spent for membership dues to the Illinois Student Association are a waste of money. SA Vice President Tanya Smith expressed her concerns at a informal senate meeting Saturday. Smith said the ISA "is not...

Power lines burst into flames early Tuesday morning in DeKalb causing about an hour-long blackout for students and other city residents along West Lincoln Highway. Commonwealth Edison District Manager Mario Fontana said the lightning arrester failed at...

The first stage for the $22-million NIU engineering building is over—a site has been chosen. After a year of designing and planning, NIU chose the 100-acre "North 40" area near Anderson Hall as the site for the new engineering building. Other sites...

NIU students will be forced to spend more money for a night on the town beginning July 1. DeKalb's restaurant, bar and liquor store sales tax will be raised from 7 to 9 percent to replace revenue lost due to state mandated sales tax reforms. NIU students...

The long-awaited $500,000 for the NIU graduate campus in Rockford might be lost despite NIU's victory in a year-long legislative battle. The money has been passed around between Gov. James Thompson and the Illinois Senate and House since May of 1989....

NIU's Gay/Lesbian Union will celebrate the gay movement Sunday during the 21st annual Chicago's Gay and Lesbian Pride Week Parade. "It's a sort of family reunion," parade coordinator Richard Pfeiffer said. He said it makes a statement that says homosexuals...

The new Student Association executive board members were sworn into office at an inauguration ceremony Saturday. NIU President John La Tourette swore in SA President Rob McCormack, Vice president Tanya Smith and Treasurer Michael Holy. Outgoing SA President...

The University Health Services are spread out around campus while asbestos is removed from their current home, however they do not have the $3.3 million needed to start the project. An amendment for the funds added to an Illinois House of Representatives'...

In May 1989, an amendment allowing $500,000 for an NIU campus in Rockford was added to a 1990 budget bill by Sen. Joyce Holmberg, D-Rockford, which the Illinois Senate passed. The House recommended the money for the campus in June 1989. In July 1989,...