A survey involving 190 NIU students recently was conducted to determine awareness and usage of the new 708 area code for Chicago suburbs. The Public Relations Student Society of America, working with Contel of Illinois Inc., 225 E. Locust St., on the...

If some NIU Athletic Board members get their way, the university might soon grab a more active role in scrutinizing the admission of athletic recruits. The Student Affairs Committee discussed the adoption of pre-admission academic reviews of recruits...

SPRINGFIELD— Despite student protest advocating a tuition "freeze," costs for colleges governed by the Board of Regents might rise if the General Assembly does not heed requests by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Although the state's higher...

About 800 students filled the Duke Ellington Ballroom at the Holmes Student Center Tuesday night to watch or participate as a hypnotist proved to be "Master of the Mind." Sponsored by Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity on behalf of Big Brothers and Big Sisters,...

Gary Larson's world is inhabited by matrons with bee-hive hairdos and snakes in therapy, with the ocassional wart hog cocktail party and heated game of eraser tag in the laboratory. Wolves chase sheep in taxis and cows stand upright when no one is looking....

By amending its constitution and bylaws in the last month, the Student Association has taken a step in the right direction for next semester. During this semester, a lack of clarity in personnel descriptions in the constitution has resulted in confusion...

Huskie wrestling coach Ed Vatch admits his team still has to turn the corner after its performance at last weekend's 25th Illini Open Tournament. "We made a strong improvement from past weeks," Vatch said. "But there is still a corner we have to turn."...

Despite gloomy forecasts of a possible $80,000 deficit, the Student Association Mass Transit Board has trimmed the deficit to about $47,000. The board sliced $35,500 off the projected deficit by combining routes 7 and 9 of the Huskie Bus System and eliminating...

For someone who describes himself as "impotent in the face of hope and joy," P.J. O'Rourke seems surprisingly optimistic about the fate of the world as the 80s come to a close. O'Rourke, who spoke at NIU's Sandburg Auditorium Nov. 29 to promote his new...

Watch out!! Here it comes again!! (What is it? What is it?) It's the end of yet another decade, and subsequently the end of another 10 years of important and interesting (okay - at least interesting) Northern Star stories. For those of you who did not...

In July, Northern Illinois University distributed raises to employees not represented by unions. Those raises included across the board, merit, and catch-up monies. Unionized employees had to depend on negotiations "in good faith" between their unions...

I had a difficult time coming up with a column for this week. I couldn't decide what I should write about, if I should try to be funny, since this is the last real week of classes, or if I should write about something serious -- I was really in a quandry....