Unless a number of students conduct write-in campaigns in the Wednesday and Thursday Student Association election, the senate will face empty seats. Seventeen seats are available in the senate because senators graduated and resigned. Petitions were given...

A survey shows that one-third of Illinois voters will go to the polls only with abortion on their minds. And as the sun set Monday, so did the 17th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision that legalized abortions through Roe vs. Wade. Since...

Nine petitions were submitted by Monday to the Student Association to fill the 17 existing vacancies in the 45-seat body. The petitions were submitted by Steven Zarch, Monica Brace, Kathleen Rosenberg, Gavin Kemp and James Hollendonner of District 2;...

During Wednesday's Board of Regents meeting at Illinois State Univeristy in Normal, Regents hope to combat the increasing cost of higher education with a tuition freeze at their universities. BOR Channcellor Roderick Groves said the Illinois Board of...

Singing "We've got the whole world in our hands..." and rolling a giant Earth Ball, members of the Forum for Marxist Humanist Thought distributed flyers urging students' awareness on current ecological issues. Tom Rainey, an NIU alumnus and other members...

The Student Associaton Mass Transit Board, faced with increased operating costs and a nearly $48,000 deficit, has requested a 23 percent increase in the bus fee, from $2.42 to $2.98 per credit hour. SAMBT Adviser Dave Pack said the board's main reason...

The Holmes Student Center space investigation has been revived with the formation of a new committee and the hiring of a consultant to explore the possibilities of acquiring more space for student organizations. Barbara Henley, acting-vice president for...

Reports of cheating are on the upswing at NIU, but only slightly more than one out of every 1,000 students were proven guilty during the fall semester. Judicial Office Director Larry Bolles said 29 NIU students were proven guilty of academic misconduct...

Students can question and join more than 70 campus organizations tomorrow as representatives gather together to provide information about student organizations. Students can mingle with group representatives from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Duke...

Some student fees might be increased under a new set of guidelines to standardize the fee review process used by NIU President John La Tourette's Fee Study Committee. Committee Chairman Anthony Fusaro said the guidelines are an effort by the Board of...

The Senior Center of the Family Service Agency and the city of DeKalb, with help from the DeKalb County Youth Services Bureau, offers snow removal to senior citizens and the disabled including those living at NIU. Senior Center Director Tom Zucker said...

The University Council's Elections Committee might use computerized ballots during next fall's elections after years of discussion according to the committee chairwoman. Hopefully, computerized ballots would be used this semester, but it will take more...