Louis Farrakhan spoke at NIU because people want, and have the right, to hear him speak, Black Student Union officials said Tuesday. BSU members held a small news conference after the Hillel Student Organization's anti-racism rally in the King Memorial...

Students renting from some off-campus housing agencies will experience increasing rent rates when signing a 1990-91 lease. "In addition to the normal 5 percent cost of living increase, rents in Greek Row had to be raised more because of the new assessment,"...

In selecting apartments for the next semester, students consider cost, location, size, cleanliness and a few individual whims, before making their decision. The distance of an apartment from campus is one of the primary concerns for students. NIU student,...

NIU freshmen consider themselves more politically and socially conservative—a trend reflected nation-wide, according to a survey. The Cooperative Institution Research Program Survey, conducted annually by American Council on Education and the University...

Some DeKalb volunteers plan to have housing for the homeless by fall 1990. Andria Rusian, organizer of Jubilee Service, said she hopes to be able to offer DeKalb homeless temporary housing this fall. Rusian said the project should get approval for a grant...

The tenant is favored in this year's race for housing. With fewer incoming students and more off-campus units available, students will be less crunched for time and have more choices when signing a lease for next year. Although the student population...

A panel discussion on the upcoming Nicaraguan elections and United States intervention in Central America drew a crowd of about 50 people Sunday night. The event was sponsored by the DeKalb Area Interfaith Network and featured panelists Michael Gonzales,...

Members of the Student Association will try to answer questions, concerns and suggestions students have about anything at NIU with a "passing the buck" service. Students can put their comments in any of the "passing the buck" boxes located in Altgeld...

At any time during the semester, about 3,500 NIU students are employed on campus. Most campus employers are near their capacity for students this semester, but some positions open during the semester, said Melody Amundsen, NIU coordinator of student employment....

Jean Moreno is a foot soldier in the battle for nurses in the growing war known as the nursing shortage. Moreno is a recruiter from St. Francis Hospital in Blue Island, Il., and she has been in the war zone at 12 job fairs since last September. "We attend...

An NIU men's basketball player will face 12 months of court supervision after charges stemming from an alleged robbery of a bag of cannabis were dropped Jan. 19. The state's case against Robert Smith, 20, 322 W. Neptune Hall, was dismissed by request...

A group of 25 to 30 individuals went on a snowball-throwing spree Saturday and caused more than $160 damage to windows, DeKalb police said. The group, allegedly members of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, according to De- balls at the houses of the Phi...