The Student Association senate wasted no time Sunday night in stirring up controversy at its first meeting of the semester when senators attempted to eliminate a standing committee and later violated the Illinois Open Meetings Act. The senate was barely...

Student Association funds were used to pay for two missing megaphones used in last Spring's Day of Action. SA Treasurer Dianna Turowski decided the SA, which is supported by student fees, was liable for the disappearance of the megaphones valued at $290...

Charges by State Rep. John Countryman, R-DeKalb, that the Board of Regents sent the wrong message to legislators when they approved a tuition surcharge, should be taken seriously. Higher education officials have spent the last year screaming about the...

A variety of social and cultural programs are slated to kick off NIU's "Unity in Diversity" Week, which begins Sunday and runs through Oct. 1. "Inner Circle," a husband, wife, and sister-in-law gospel group, will perform Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in the Music...

The Big What? Chapter two of NIU's quest for national respect against Big Ten Conference teams takes place Saturday night when the Huskies venture north to face Minnesota in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Huskies, coming off a 19-17 win at Wisconsin,...

The NIU men's golf squad left Thursday afternoon for Madison, Wis., to participate in the Badger Invitational, which will be held at the Cherokee Country Club. There are 18 teams in the field, including all of the Big Ten teams with the exception of Ohio...

September 25 - October 1, 1988 Sept. 25 Combined ecumenical service. HSC, Sandburg Aud.,11 a.m. Panel: "Campus Race Relations." HSC 505, 6:30 p.m. "Inner Circle," Gospel performance. Music Building, Boutell Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26 Workshop: "Campus...

NIU's vice presidents are trying to prevent racism at NIU with an action plan implemented last spring including affirmitive action and steps to confront racial incidents. "Over the past year and a half, a number of incidents have occurred across the country....

NIU's Fine Arts Series is offering subscription savings for its upcoming 1988-1989 season. "Students can see great acts for $4 or $5 for which they would normally have to pay $20 or $25 in Chicago," Michelle Emmett, NIU director of programming and activites,...

With football season already underway and leaves beginning to change colors, memories of weekends spent on the beach are fading into the realization that autumn has arrived—and officially at 2:29 p.m. today. "Autumn, which usually arrives on Sept. 23,...

Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity is hosting the Dodge National Collegiate Driving Championships on Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Campus Cinema parking lots located at Hillcrest Drive and Blackhawk Road. Students are invited to drive a 1989 Dodge Daytona...

Conversation between candidates and constituents waiting for senate election results outside the Student Association office Wednesday night centered more around the effect that a coalition of candidates had on voters' decisions than whether the candidates...