Information regarding a possible Illinois constitutional convention in 1990, which would challenge state legislation, is available in a special issue of NIU's Law Review. Eleven essays in the volume detail issues that could be considered at the 1990 state...

The President's Fee Study Committee might discuss today two proposals to raise the NIU student activity fee. The committee, however, will not make any final decisions today on changing the activity fee. According to one proposal, the activity fee would...

The DeKalb Interfaith Network for Peace and Justice is coordinating local emergency relief efforts for the victims of Hurricane Joan. The hurricane struck the east coast of Nicaragua Saturday with 120-mile-per-hour winds and moved inward through Uganda,...

NIU housing officials say credit card companies are violating university policy when they post applications and sales pieces in the residence halls. "Any solicitation for any for-profit enterprise" is prohibited on residence hall bulletin boards, said...

A pre-trial will be held today in the DeKalb County Courthouse for a Board of Regents' eminent domain lawsuit filed last fall. The lawsuit was filed Oct. 14, 1987, on NIU's behalf to determine how much land south of the NIU campus the university can obtain...

Two student Regents disagree with a state senator's belief that NIU should have its own governing board. State Senator Patrick Welch, D-Peru, said he believes NIU should leave the Regency system in favor of forming a governing board of its own. "I think...

The number 80 has significant meaning for the NIU men's basketball team. A meaning it would just as soon forget. During the last two year's of head coach Jim Rosborough's reign, the Huskies have lost nearly every game when their opponent has reached the...

The committee deciding the fate of NIU's bookstore has not yet decided if the store will be leased to an outside vendor, but one student member wants the bookstore to stay in university hands and to see students given credit cards to be used in the store....

The number of NIU students caught cheating has increased four times from previous semesters. The University Judicial Office has handled 20 cases of cheating this semester. "This early in the semester there are usually five to six (cheating) cases," said...

Vincent Nall, president of Ideal Industries in Sycamore, was awarded NIU's first Executive Award for Excellence in Corporate Achievement. The award is sponsored by the Marketing Honors Society and is given in recognition of corporate executives, with...

Recent work by Chicago painter Susan Bloch will continue to be on display this weekend through Nov. 12 in the X/S Space at the NIU Art Gallary, 212 W. Superior St., in Chicago. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Bloch's...

It is not NIU's job to prevent credit card companies from advertising in unauthorized areas said University Legal Counsel George Shur. "There are certain places on campus where we allow commercial activities to occur," Shur said. Unauthorized posters...