Bodybuilder Anthony Kirsch, class winner of the Mr. Illinois Contest and owner of Barbells Gym, will speak on weightlifting, nutrition and competition Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the lobby of the University Plaza, 900 Crane Drive. Kirsch will be a guest poser...

About 600 students are being assessed April 8 through April 15 for educational development at NIU. The study consists of three parts and encompasses academic, social and extracurricular development of NIU students, Jon Dalton, vice president for student...

Some NIU organizations and local DeKalb liquor vendors have recently received a letter stating they were in violation of the alcohol marketing guidelines outlined by BACCHUS, a national alcohol awareness student group. NIU BACCHUS President Carolyn Nowak...

A representative of an organization that lost the bid for Huskie Bus Line advertising is objecting to a "profit sharing" program mentioned in the winning organization's presentation. Dave Emerick, Student Association Mass Transit Board chairman, said...

A new $141,000 cooling system for Reavis and Watson halls is being installed and will be completed in May. Atique Ahmed, a mechanical engineer for the Physical Plant, said the job should be completed by May 22. Conrad Miller, administrative and support...

The University Council Wednesday will discuss the proposed NIU Faculty Senate, as well as hear the first reading of additional bylaw changes to the NIU Constitution. The meeting will begin at 3 p.m. in the Clara Sperling Skyroom in the Holmes Student...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Both sides in the abortion rights dispute are mobilizing to battle for the state legislatures that will decide the highly charged issue if the Supreme Court, reshaped by Ronald Reagan, retreats from the 1973 decision legalizing abortions....

An engineering professor from the University of Illinois at Chicago will lecture on fluid, thermal and energy research on Thursday, April 20, at the NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology in Sycamore. The lecture will be held in conference...

NIU's Student Association will begin its study of the Illinois Student Association April 21, about two weeks after the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana completed its investigation of the ISA. Greg Kurth, U of I Student Government Association...

When it comes to working with food, NIU students consider it taboo. Jerry Arshem, food service student manager at Grant Towers South, said, "We've had quite a number of people apply this semester," although he said that toward the end of the semester,...

The newly elected Student Association executives face a lot of work in the upcoming year. Several issues are so important that they readily present themselves as an agenda for the Executive Board. First and foremost, the new officers should bring more...

Six or seven job openings in the NIU Physical Plant that "are or will become available within the next three months" will remain vacant until fiscal year 1990, said Physical Plant Director John Harrod. Harrod said these positions, such as the campus planning...