The Illinois Board of Higher Education has requested $100,000 for fiscal year 1990 from the Illinois General Assembly for the assessment of NIU. Bob Wheeler, assessment steering committee chairman, said the purpose of assessment is to measure whether...

They call themselves "Surfistas." They are the young daredevils of Rio de Janeiro who perform a ridiculous stunt known as "train surfing." The less-privileged youth of Rio, without money to purchase surfboards made of wood or fiberglass, opt to exercise...

An arson fire early Sunday morning in the lower level of the Holmes Student Center caused an estimated $25,000 worth of damage. The fire is under investigation by the DeKalb Fire Department and the University Police Department. University Union Night...

Controversy exists over the legitimacy of the Student Association Supreme Court decision to disband the SA Senate after the court ruled Thursday that the 1986 SA senate voting redistricting plan is unconstitutional. Since the supreme court ruled the senate...

A build-up of garbage, left over the winter break, has caused an eye sore at the Student Association's Recycling Center since a lack of workers caused an overflow of milk jugs, cans and newspapers to accumulate. Jane Oehler, assistant director of the...

This winter season has brought yet another flu epidemic to NIU and the DeKalb area. Changing weather conditions have forced students to spend more time indoors. Rosemary Lane, University Health Service director, said a flu epidemic occurs every year because...

Eighty-nine percent of Illinois adults would favor a tax increase if the money was used to improve education, according to a survey conducted by the NIU Center for Governmental Studies. Of a random sample of 805 Illinois residents, 65 percent favor an...

The fate of Wirtz House, located in the Martin Luther King Memorial Commons, has "not yet been decided," said Eddie Williams, vice president for finance and planning. The renovations of the commons, scheduled to begin in the summer of 1990, originally...

Six Sangamon State University faculty members have signed papers charging SSU President Durward Long with sexual harassment. Richard Battles, spokesman for the Illinois Department of Human Rights, said the faculty members signed the charges individually...

SPRINGFIELD - NIU students will be asked to pay a $1 refundable fee beginning in the 1989 fall semester in an effort to help stengthen the Illinois Student Association. The Board of Regents approved the fee without discussion at their meeting in Springfield...

The newly-formed Greater DeKalb Partnership is in the midst of a month-long membership drive. Partnership Vice President Karen Remen said the organization "works with area business to help insure a favorable business community for DeKalb." Remen added...

The Comprehensive Health Insurance Program, a state-funded plan to secure insurance for Illinois residents having difficulty obtaining coverage, is now accepting applications, said John Countryman (R-DeKalb), Wednesday. Countryman estimated that around...