A state program to consolidate student's guaranteed loans might lessen chances of defaulting on the loan. Barbara Bell, default prevention program manager in the Illinois Designated Account Purchase Program, said the IDAPP is a state service connected...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP)—President Reagan said today that Democratic candidates who espouse trade restrictions and retaliation have a message the public won't buy. "Protectionism isn't just bad economics, it's bad politics," the president said. Reagan, in...

The Student Association Mass Transit Board voted Monday in favor of a 30 percent reduction of handicapped transportation services. The plan for the handicapped bus transportation service program, which was initiated in November 1987, included reducing...

An additional $500,000 left in fiscal year's 1988 DeKalb city budget might be combined with FY89 revenue to complete $750,000 in street maintenance projects this summer. During his presentation to city council Monday, Ralph Tompkins, assistant director...

CHICAGO (AP)—Efforts to expand the Illinois Lottery's player base—and state revenues—could include a new look for Lotto and a television game show that invites viewers to place bets by telephone. More contests with instant winners and changes in...

Deletion of the physical therapy program is "extremely unlikely," said Peggy Sullivan, dean of NIU's College of Professional Studies, Monday. Olive Kimball, chairwoman of allied health professions, said the deletion of the program has been a possibility...

Student Association presidential candidate Joe Annunzio must pay SA Public Relations Adviser Paula Radtke for a campaign banner that his campaign manager destroyed. At a SA Supreme Court hearing Monday, the court chose this sanction after deciding Annunzio...

A stipulation to allow only fee-paying students to ride the late night ride service, which operates in conjunction with the University Police, was revised by the Student Association Mass Transit Board Chairman Thursday to allow faculty and staff members...

JERUSALEM (AP)—The Israeli army on Monday imposed its broadest clampdown yet on the 1.5 million Palestinians living in the occupied territories, sealing the regions for three days to combat a PLO day of protest. The army also announced it was barring...

Two grants and one contract for physics and chemistry research at NIU totaling $275,000 over a one-year period and $800,000 over a multi-year period were approved by the Board of Regents March 24. Board of Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves said the grant...

EAST DUBUQUE, Ill. (AP)—A judge's decision to reunite two girls with their father three years after they watched him strangle their mother has touched off a new custody fight and public outrage against the judge. "I guess the bottom line is whether...

The NIU Art Gallery in Chicago is hosting the "Outsider Art from Europe" collection until April 23, Gallery Director Michael Flanagan said. The NIU Art Gallery is located at 212 W. Superior St. The collection is comprised of about 60 art pieces created...