Consumers should buy recycled products if recycling projects are to be successful, said the co-founder of the NIU Recycling Center Monday. Michael Finn, current vice president of Recycling Services in Chicago, said companies will make what the consumer...

Local parks will take on a new look this month as 3800 trees will be planted in honor of Arbor Day. The tree-planting event is sponsored by NIU's Student Environmental Action Committee and the Student Associaton Recreation Committee. "Trees are great...

NIU students have a chance to help save the world. Earth Week, April 16 to 22, and the 20th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22 are worldwide events to alert people to growing environmental threats, issues and problems. Activities held every day at the...

NIU's Health Services building will close its doors and begin temporary relocation for a one-year, $3.8-million asbestos removal and remodeling project. Steve Cohen, Student Health Advisory Council chairman, said the center's 100 faculty and staff will...

The Student Association Mass Transit Board is considering reversing a bus route to avoid road construction next semester. The idea will reverse Route 6 and include a few minor changes to avoid the construction at the corner of Lincoln Highway and Annie...

Thousands of aluminum cans snaked through buildings, coiled around lamp posts and slithered through trees and bushes Monday in an effort to promote recycling. Cans Across Campus, a sequel to national Hands Across America and NIU's Hands Across Campus,...

The campus will look a lot different in August after the Board of Regents looks at campus remodeling and construction projects. The Regents will meet Wednesday and Thursday at Sangamon State University in Springfield. The board governs NIU, Sangamon State...

The two groups leaving the soon-to-be-demolished Wirtz House are keeping their central location and one group is expanding its program. The foreign studies department is moving from the centrally located house Wednesday and the University Resource Center...

A Chicago newscaster spoke at NIU Monday about hardships of the Latin reporter's role in the media. Ray Suarez, of WMAQ-TV Chicago, compared the Latin reporter with the Anglo reporter, telling about 25 people that Latin reporters have different assumptions...

The Student Association is blackmailing student organizations, according to the president of the Philosophy Forum. Forum President Domenico Carli said the SA's revocation of recognition of Philosophy Forum for banning homosexuals is an attempt to "blackmail"...

Editor's note: The following two letters ran in yesterday's Star, but several paragraphs and the identities of the authors were mixed up during the ne In response to Adam Drendel's thorough, articulate letter regarding the GLU-sponsored "Heterosexual...

The NI Guide program, which helps new students adjust to college, promises to build its reputation in the fall. Matthew Miller, student coordinator of the Office of Orientation and Student Assistance, said students who become NI Guides have a chance to...