In recent years, NIU students in need of financial aid have taken out loans rather than participating in NIU's work-study program, said Melody Amundsen, coordinator of NIU student employment. Amundsen said that this year "only 30 percent of students are...

A new assistant director for NIU's Affirmative Action Office will start at an annual salary of $33,996. Affirmative Action secretary Jeanette Ezra said that Eddie Williams, vice president of finance and planning, approved money in July 1988 for the new...

Nationally renowned journalist Vernon Jarrett spoke at the Carl Sandburg Auditorium Monday about the triumphs of the ordinary black person. Jarrett's presentation focused on the ordinary human being. He referred to the period when blacks were slaves,...

Funding might be approved for the renovation of Watson Creek, which runs through NIU's campus, to help stop spring floods resulting from excessive rainfall and melting snow. The Illinois Board of Higher Education approved $613,700 for the project, but...

A space availability problem at the Holmes Student Center might warrant the need for an addition, but some members of a space study committee want to be sure all usable space is occupied before plans for renovations are developed. The Student Services...

(AP)_European Common Market governments decided Monday to withdraw their top diplomats from Iran to protest Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's renewed order for Moslems to kill novelist Salman Rushdie. Britain went even further by pulling out its entire embassy...

NIU's student government might investigate the possible disaffiliation of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana from the Illinois Student Association. Phill Buoscio, interim senate speaker, said Sunday he and SA President Paula Radtke will attend...

Exercise might be the last thing on your mind right now. After all, it's winter - the shorts and bathing suit season seem years away. "Exercise is a life-long process that you need to start now," said Fabian DeRozario, coordinator for the Office of Campus...

The day after high school graduation I was riding my bike near the park in my town when I happened to see my mother in her car. It wasn't just happenstance—she was looking for me. "Get up to the doctor's office," she said. "Your father is having a heart...

The clock is winding down. The time of that dreaded transition from a relatively care-free student to a real, society-serving citizen is almost nigh. It's coming despite the resistance of being sucked into the money-hungry mentality of the nation's bread-winning...

MOSCOW (AP)- The Dec. 7 earthquake that struck Armenia caused $16.2 billion in damage and destroyed 58 villages and towns, the Tass news agency said Monday. The earthquake killed 25,000 people and injured 19,000, the Armenian Committee on Statistics said...

"Not bad for a day's work." This is what NIU student Darryl Silver said about winning $1,000 during Christmas break on NBC's game show Win, Lose or Draw. Silver, a member of Delta Upsilon, appears on Channel 5 at 10:30 a.m. today with celebrities Dr....