The five candidates considered for NIU vice president for student affairs have, for the most part, worked well with student representatives from their universities. The five candidates are Augustine Pounds, Murray State University in Kentucky; Narbeth...

The quickest way to find out if NIU is open during bad weather is from radio or TV broadcasts. DeKalb-Sycamore stations carrying special NIU weather-related announcements include WDEK, WKDI, WNIU, WSQR, and Cable 8 TV. Aurora stations notified of major...

The Student Association Supreme Court issued a temporary restraint after three hours of deliberation on the $4,000 SA executive board allocation to help fund black Muslim leader Louis Farrakhan's visit to NIU. At 1:15 this morning, Supreme Court Justice...

A non-denominational service will be held this weekend in honor of 1.5 million unborn babies aborted each year. The ecumenical service will be Sunday at 8 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center's Regency Room. Julie Synovic, from Students United for Life,...

Behind Stevenson Towers Complex there lies a heap of cans, paper and plastic milk jugs next to the Student Association Recycling Center that remains untouched. Amanda Rutter, an assistant at the Recycling Center, Stadium Drive West, said there is a 100...

Members of various organizations battled Thursday about Black Muslim Leader Louis Farrakhan's appearance. The result was communication. After a heated discussion, representatives from the Hillel Jewish Student Association and the Black Student Union agreed...

City officials look ahead to the 1990s as a decade of progress. DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow said he feels the new decade is full of promise. "I see 1990, hopefully, a strong year barring economic clash." The industrial, residential and commercial growth...

NIU President John La Tourette is confident the univeristy will receive more than $7 million needed for the Faraday II addition and steam tunnel project. The projects were approved as top priority by the Illinois Board of Higher Education last week as...

The Board of Regents bid a fond farewell to long-time Regent Harry Wellbank at their last meeting in December and approved a scholarship in his name. Wellbank served on the Board since January of 1977, as well as serving on various committees throughout...

The Office of Educational Services and Programs is an often-misunderstood system which encompasses several programs to aid and increase student retention. ESP has grown and changed since it was established in 1971 under the name Office of Special Projects....

A special panel asked to analyze Illinois' "system of systems" is likely to endorse status quo, despite criticism calling for major structural changes within the state's higher education system. The state-wide panel convened last November and December...

NIU paraprofessionals belonging to American Federation of State, City and Municipal Employees accepted NIU's offer Thursday for a 9 percent pay raise effective July 1, 1989. Fifty-five of the 77 AFSCME employees took a break from their duties yesterday...