The Student Association Senate recognized more than 50 campus organizations Sunday night at its first meeting, although no new senators were sworn in. After Sen. John Fallon made a motion to approve the entire list of committees with one vote, Sen. Mark...

NIU's student Regent and the Student Association will keep close tabs on the Board of Regents this week when the Regents meet to discuss policy changes. The proposed policy changes outlined this summer by Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves will be discussed...

A scuba class was closed and others transferred from the Anderson Hall Pool Natorium after a delay in renovation materials forced the pool to close until mid-October. Nancy Hungate, aquatics coordinator for physical education, said classes that used the...

Edwin Simpson, director of the NIU Faculty Development Program, works with faculty on programs to vitalize their career development. Simpson was recently appointed to the position and describes his job as being "responsible for planning the program" by...

Alpha Phi Alpha, a social service fraternity, will celebrate 25 years at NIU with a weekend of social and educational activities. Willard Draper, the fraternity's adviser, said the actual date of the anniversary was May 4, 1989, but the fraternity post-poned...

Hey! It's him. He's back again. Yes, it's the ever popular, often insensitive, always offensive, perpetually insulting Dan O'Shea. It's been a week and now he's back to sink his vocabularic (try saying that with a mouthful of jello) teeth into another...

The DeKalb area records one of the largest rates of reported child battery cases in Illinois, according to the Department of Children Family Resources in Springfield. In DeKalb County, an average of 39.7 cases of child abuse were reported per 1,000 children...

Northern Illinois Gas lost its bid for a $32 million rate increase in state court because of the efforts of the Citizens Utility Board (CUB). CUB created an $8 million rate reduction with the help of the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC), the rate setting...

Adult literacy efforts in DeKalb County received a major financial boost through $37,000 given to Kishwaukee College from the State Literacy Grant Programs. "The volunteer literacy programs we fund are making a significant difference in their communities...

Those who are tired of heavy grown-up reading can take a journey back to childhood at the Founders Memorial Library. The library has acquired a collection of over 325 children's books, pamphlets and magazines. The literature was donated by Alice Lohrer,...

According to NIU's student regent, interest in reorganizing Illinois' "system of systems," and the panel to study problems with university governing boards, is a positive development by the Illinois legislature. "Not every state is organized the way we...

Students might not have to pass a State and U.S. Constitution test in order to graduate from NIU, the only state university that requires such a test. NIU Legal Counsel George Shur, said the test requirement applies to the public school system, but not...