While NIU students are expected to pay about $140 per semester for health insurance next year, Illinois State University students will pay about $66 per semester. In their battles against increasing insurance rates, NIU and ISU were slated to have new...

Two speakers visiting NIU will hold workshops today for teachers applying for federal or state grants for fiscal year 1991. Warren Lionberger and Cheri Kennedy are conducting the workshops in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium of the Holmes Student Center....

Contel will receive assistance from the City of DeKalb in establishing it's midwest regional headquaters The city council unanimously approved a movement to grant Contel financial and technical assistance to remodel the Wurlitzer building, 403 Gurler...

Everyone in the DeKalb community, including NIU students, can benefit from the help provided by the Salvation Army. The Salvation Army, 830 Grove St., offers a variety of programs for disadvantaged people as well as those not suffering from financial...

Seven NIU alumni were honored with "Young Alumni Awards" through NIU Alumni Association Sunday night. The association awards alumni "every spring, according to the nature of their career achievement," said Susan Lund, director of NIU's alumni relations....

Summer construction projects and summer school funding are a few of the hot topics for Wednesday's Faculty Assembly meeting. NIU will look much different in the fall because of several remodeling projects on streets and buildings. Assembly Chairman J....

University of Illinois staged a comeback the second day of its Illini Spring Classic Women's Golf Tournament, outshooting 36-hole leader NIU to regain the tournament title. NIU, a four stroke leader over Illinois at the end of Friday's first 36-holes...

DeKalb Police responded to calls of disorderly subjects Wednesday but made no arrests of a group of people picketing a local apartment complex. Three picketers protested alleged management harrassment and deteriorating conditions at Amber Manor Apartments,...

In an effort to take care of pending Student Association buisness, the senate approved two by-law suspensions Sunday. The first revision, submitted by Sen. James Mertes, reduced the number of senators needed to obtain a majority or two-thirds vote for...

Student Environmental Action Committee members tried to ensure student awareness on Earth Day, but the group was concerned about what might happen in days to come. The 20th Earth Day was a six-hour event Sunday at the West Lagoon, ending a week-long environmental...

A DeKalb group in favor of legalizing marijuana is hosting a peaceful demonstration with pro_marijuana speakers and music today in the West Lagoon at 3 p.m. "Hemp Tour ‘90" is an event attended by pro-marijauna activists and members from the National...

An NIU fraternity will host the third annual Golden Image Awards Ceremony on May 4. The ceremony will be held in the Holmes Student Center Duke Ellington Ballroom at 8 p.m. and is presented by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. "It is an awards ceremony which...