NIU is planning its Rockford educational center, but cannot take action until $500,000 in funding is released. Gov. James Thompson will release the money, approved by legislators last fall, when higher priority projects are funded. Anne Kaplan, executive...

NIU's cheerleaders and pompon squad members fumed at a University of Illinois report that pompon squads promote sexism. A U of I task force recommends banning the Illinette pompon squad because it "projects women as sexual objects." The Illinettes, an...

The NIU Society of Professional Journalists will meet Tuesday at 8:45 p.m. in the Cole Hall basement. Officers for the spring semester will be elected and journalism Professor Richard Digby-Junger will speak on journalism law and ethics. SPJ initiation...

American society is causing people to turn to Satanism for unanswered questions which might be causing a modern day Salem witch hunt, according to some NIU professors. Four panelists, including three NIU faculty members, spoke Friday at the last day of...

Digging through garbage is becoming more acceptable everyday as recycling becomes commonplace in DeKalb. DeKalb County Recycling, Inc. has placed a 20 cubic-yard, tan container between Suburban Apartments, Annie Glidden Road and Suburban Estates, Twombly...

Three NIU students said they plan to run for a DeKalb County Board seat in the March 20 primary. The DeKalb County Board runs a variety of local agencies, but its primary function is to collect and distribute local taxes, County Administrator Ray Bockman...

Contel and the Public Relations Student Society of America are sponsoring "708 Day" at NIU on Friday. Activities will be held on campus from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. One of the events to be held is a balloon lauch outside the Holmes Student Center at noon. Friday...

The NIU Art Annex is negotiating another five-year lease renewal on Sycamore Road. The Art Annex is under a short-term, six-month lease as a transition to resolve the five-year extended agreement from the original lease, said Eddie Williams, vice president...

The percentage of students at NIU who are older than 25 lags behind the national percentage. In a Jan. 29 speech at NIU, George Keller, a nationally-known education writer from the University of Pennsylvania, said more than 44 percent of the nation's...

A new student organization for motorcyclists will promote safety and provide companionship for cyclists at NIU. The NIU Motorcyclist Association has "a great deal of potential," said Rick Kieltyka, one of the association's faculty advisers and director...

Editor's note: This is the final story in a three-part series examining financial aid at NIU. For students who do not qualify for low-interest loans, grants or scholarships, there is always one way of trying to meet college costs—employment. About 3,500...

Some are upset about poor student attendance at meetings held to determine student fee recommendations. NIU President John La Tourette's Fee Study Committee was not delayed Monday by the absence of Student Association President Huda Scheidelman and SA...