A major brewing company will sponsor a memorial scholarship fund for the children of American military veterans. The 1990 Coors Veterans' Memorial Scholarship Fund will award $500,000 in scholarships to a minimum of 100 sons and daughters of American...

One week from today we'll all be patting our ballooned tummies and saying, "Oh, I'm stuffed...pass the pumpkin pie, Aunt Bertha. Yeah, the whipped cream too." It's that time of year again. Thanksgiving and the ensuing holiday season conjure up many meanings,...

NIU graduate Peter Krysik currently is involved with a hot little telephone number called "It's Chgo" (312-487-2446). "It's Chgo" is an entertainment hotline that informs people of such leisure opportunities as restaurants, nightclubs, hotels, theaters,...

OK, you teach at NIU and know a wonderful student and a mere pat on the back will not suffice to tell him what a great person he is. What do you do? Nominate him for the Student Leader of the Month Award. The University Programming and Activities office...

A change in federally-backed Series EE savings bonds now makes buying them tax-free if redeemed by parents for an offspring's college tuition. In the past, a purchaser had to pay a federal tax on any bond redeemed, including Series EE. However, starting...

Growing up in a Hickville neighborhood where a girl was about as common as the bubonic plague, baseball was king. We had our own version of the minor leagues and classifications of rookies and veteran players. And, of course, we each assumed actual players'...

The Student Association Mass Transit Board developed a plan Monday to save $8,500 by combining two bus routes, but failed to pass the proposal. The proposal to combine routes 7 and 9 failed to muster the two-thirds vote necessary because four of the 12...

Now that the weather is getting cold, DeKalb must face a problem which was once confined to the big cities—homelessness. The PADS (Public Action to Deliver Shelter) organization, has accepted the challenge of caring for the homeless of the DeKalb area...

An NIU student died Tuesday when the plane he was flying crashed into a field one and one-half miles southeast of Mt. Morris, Ill. Michael W. Tubbs, 18, 521 Stevenson South, was pronounced dead at the scene after the Cessna 172 single engine aircraft...

Definitions of vicious and dangerous dogs and animal control issues were discussed at a special meeting of the DeKalb City Council Monday. A vicious dog is defined by the State Animal Control Act as a dog that bites or attacks a person or another animal...

The Illinois Pilots Association has made available a $500 scholarship to a current college student who resides in Illinois. Applicants must have an aviation-related major and be a full-time student. The scholarship is for one year, but recipients may...

NIU's Student Committee on Financial Aid wants to create a Financial Aid Advisory Board that would be activated by next semester. The board would "overlook any budget needs" and provide input in the area of staffing and policies within the Financial Aid...