The Board of Regents is hoping the $125 tuition surcharge they passed last week in place of a straight tuition increase will send a message to state legislators that Illinois needs increased higher education funding. However, some legislators have said...

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...

Recent claims by the governor of Texas that the $4.4 billion Super Conducting Supercollider will be constructed in his state if Vice President George Bush is elected to the presidency was said by Illinois officials to be "an attempt to put George Bush...

A diverse panel will discuss "Campus Race Relations" as part of the Unity in Diversity Week, which runs from Sept. 25 to Oct. 1. The Rev. Eric Dale, from United Campus Ministries, and the Rev. Brenda Eatman, from the United Church of Christ in Chicago,...

The Student Committee on Political Action has a new co-chairman after Fritz Feibig resigned because his views differed with other committee members. Student Association President Paula Radtke appointed Mike Goldstein to replace Feibig. Tuesday's SCOPA...

A Pizza World deliveryman was arrested for unlawful use of a weapon after he chased a man who had stolen four pizzas from him early Tuesday morning, DeKalb Police records stated. DeKalb police arrested Troy Hetz, 20, 904 Suburban Estates, several hours...

Even though this semester's senators, for the most part, have already been chosen, there are still some alternatives left for students who still choose to exercise their right to vote in the SA Senate elections. One choice still remaining for students...

Questions concerning whether Democratic Presidential nominee Michael Dukakis' Massachusetts economy is strong enough for the United States could be answered at a lecture today. Roger Schmenner, associate professor at the Indiana University School of Business,...

The DeKalb Festival Chorus has added between five and 10 new members for the fall semester. Auditions were held Saturday in room 134 of the Music Building. However, those who are interested still can join. Elwood Smith, an NIU music faculty member and...