UPs provide protection, service The University Police provide protection and service to the NIU community at all times. To meet this commitment, they use vehicle and foot patrols, respond to calls for assistance, enforce traffic laws and parking regulations,...

NIU President John La Tourette approved a 40-cent minimum wage increase for student employees in late July. The long-awaited increase will be implemented this semester, and includes the pay period that began Aug. 16. The approved plan will increase student...

Changes in Board of Regents policy proposed in late July by Chancellor Roderick Groves have been labelled as an attempt to gain more power over the three Regency campuses. The Board of Regents governs NIU, Illinois State University in Normal and Sangamon...

As NIU students start thinking about moving back to campus for the fall semester, Jon Dalton is preparing for a much longer journey. The NIU vice president for student affairs will assume a similar position at Florida State University in Tallahassee on...

Like so many people, I find it increasingly difficult to study toward the end of a semester. I don't know why this is. Okay, I lied. I do know why it is. It's because I'm a fool. Well, maybe not a fool exactly... In fact, I've done some really weird things...

In an effort to beautify the downtown DeKalb area, the city has allocated up to $50,000 to be used in their storefront improvement program. The city is taking applications until Sept. 1 from commercial property owners who wish to improve the exterior...

After a national search, George Gutierrez, acting director of University Resources for Latinos at NIU since July, 1987, has been named to the position on a permanent basis. He said the recent appointment changes his job by means of assuring him he will...

A study conducted by the Board of Regents shows improved retention rates for black students at NIU, both those admitted as freshman and as transfer students. The study divides the students into two groups, one of which is those admitted through regular...

A warm wind is blowing over the strange land of Iran. Where once a frigid attitude permeated the power seats of the country, it now seems there may be some slight reason for hope. Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani has taken the reigns in war-torn Iran...

Ashley Sweda, new trip coordinator for NIU's Office of Campus Recreation, plans to establish multi-dimensional programming that is attractive to all types of people. Sweda said he intends to look at the needs of different subgroups of people and plan...

The country's waste disposal problem is growing worse every year, and as America's dumps continue to fill, the nation is faced with the inevitable question of what to do with its waste. Many believe the solution is recycling. In an attempt to meet this...

As acting vice president for student affairs, Barbara Henley wants to "broaden the thinking" of the NIU community. As Henley steps into the position vacated this week by student affairs vice president Jon Dalton, she outlined four major areas on which...