Student Association senators approved nine of 11 campus organizational budgets Sunday. Chess Club and ARS Nova did not have members at the senate meeting, which is required for budget approval. The organizations' recommended budgets will come up for approval...

Students are invited to learn more about a medical laboratory and career opportunities in the medical technology field next week during National Medical Laboratory Week, April 8 to 14. NIU's med tech faculty and members of NIU's Med Tech Club scheduled...

NIU Police went insane! Umbrellas for two bucks, a cosmetic case loaded with make-up for a quarter, music folders with music and a music stand for five bucks, weight-training belts for $4.50, bicycles for a dollar and empty beer kegs for a buck were going,...

Homosexuals do not feel the need to follow the expectations of society's sex-role stereotypes, an NIU graduate student said Thursday. Virgil Miller, a master's candidate in the communications department, presented his study on homosexuality to a 15-member...

A film producer and director is coming to NIU to talk about AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases Tuesday. Suzi Landolphi will give a noon presentation in the King Memorial Commons. She will speak about AIDS and other STD's, said Renee Esgar, University...

Students returning to NIU this August should avoid the intersection at Lincoln Highway and Annie Glidden Road or face massive backups, NIU officials warned. Conrad Miller, NIU Physical Plant project manager, said a gridlock committee of NIU and DeKalb...

Seven climate-controlled rooms will be renovated to accommodate the Office of Registration and Records' home computers at a cost of $45,000. NIU appropriated $45,000 for the renovation project that includes the removal of an old dance floor, installation...

An NIU graduate student told the plight of refugees in Thailand Wednesday. Phillip Albano, an NIU graduate, spoke to students about what a refugee is, the human rights of refugees and the refugees in Thailand. The purpose of the speech was "to effectively...

The InterFraternity and Panhellenic Councils have passed a new policy for Homecoming, but the policy will not start until Homecoming 1991. IFC President Rob Martin said the fraternities and sororities will continue to use the single-partner system for...

A neighboring city stalled DeKalb's airport plans by acquiring land intended for Taylor Municipal Airport expansion. Cortland, east of DeKalb, annexed land along Loves Road and north of0Rleasant Street that DeKalb wants to use for a new runway, said DeKalb...

Part of NIU's Film Library services will be moved from Altgeld Hall to the Founders Memorial Library this week. Chuck Crumbacher, business manager of Founders Memorial Library, said "there are other departments in Altgeld Hall that want to expand to our...

Faculty members will start lobbying state government for more higher education funding to avoid a tuition increase. Faculty Assembly Chairman J. Carroll Moody urged the group to write letters to state legislators about the inadequate budget proposed by...