Commonwealth Edison customers will receive a total refund of $245 million, the largest rebate ever, as result of action taken in the Cook County Circuit Court against the company's rate hike for the Byron One nuclear power plant near Rockford. The Citizens...

I find it harder and harder to deal with the annual birthday and the upcoming nightmares that soon folllow. Sunday night I received belated birthday wishes from an unbelievably distant cousin and his roommate from Bradley University in Peoria. I had to...

Brad Burzynski, governmental affairs director for the DeKalb Farm Bureau, is seeking the Republican nomination for state representative of the 76th District. The 76th District encompasses all of DeKalb County, as well as four southwestern townships in...

Minority students are not being motivated by their community college to continue their education at a four-year university, according to a national report. The Academy for Educational Development report, "Bridges to Opportunity," said a small percentage...

NIU students will face increased student fees next fall to ease a $36,000 deficit in the Student Association mass transit system. The deficit was caused by overestimation of chargeable credit hours and high gasoline prices. Students currently pay $2.42...

A resounding 70 percent of DeKalb County voters approved the 911 emergency telephone system in an average turnout at the nonpartisan election. The DeKalb County Board is expected to act on the referendum by approving a nine-member emergency telephone...

Implementation of the pending federal minimum wage law might soon result in salary increases for many of the 5,000 on-campus student employees. Recently approved by the U.S. House of Representatives, and pending approval in the Senate and by President...

The Undergraduate Coordinating Council approved a proposal last week which drops the constitution test as a requirement for NIU students graduating after December 1989. This legislation officially withdraws the requirement in the Illinois School Code...

Amnesty International will challenge myths regarding the death penalty, as AI representative Debbie Heyward discusses "The Death Penalty: Punishment or Crime?" at 9:00 p.m. Wednesday in Holmes Student Center room 305. Heyward, from AI's Chicago regional...

The Feminist Front will bring back a campus celebrity of sorts to speak on sexism. Former CHANCE counselor Martha Palmer will speak Nov. 15 on "Voices of Black Women; Sexism, Politics and Revolution." Palmer will be accompanied by Diane Lee, a black feminist...

The NIU Office of Admissions has set up the first data base to specifically inform minorities about NIU. The data base will buy the names of minority students who have taken the ACT from that company, and expressed an interest in college, said Bob Burk,...

NIU sorority members will have the opportunity to get to know each other during Sister Sorority week events. Sister Sorority Week began Sunday and will continue through Wednesday. Greek Adviser Mary Ronan said the program is like "a Greek Week for all...