Western countries should not shy away from imposing economic sanctions against the apartheid regime in South Africa, a South African scholar said. Speaking to NIU students yesterday in the Illinois Room of the Holmes Student Center, Saths Cooper, a visiting...

SPRINGFIELD—A bill that would tie tuition to the higher education price index failed Wedneday to pass the Illinois House of Representatives subcommittee on higher education. At a hearing to discuss house bill 2904, nine committee members voted in favor...

NIU faculty members Ahmed Rifai, William Johnson and Randall Newsom have been designated as three of NIU's finest educators and recipients of the 1988 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award. These teachers were chosen for recognition by members of...

Although exposure to asbestos fibers creates an unknown health hazard, the Illinois Department of Public Health has identified six risk factors. These include the following: physical damage to material water damage to material type of material potential...

Although a 1987 inspection revealed asbestos-containing materials in NIU buildings do not pose a hazard to occupants, a second evaluation will be conducted to check the safety level. "We are systematically going through the campus and evaluating various...

The ad-hoc committee formed to investigate the Holmes Student Center Bookstore security policies and procedures is in the process of drafting a report of recommendation, Committee Chairman William Parker said. Committee member Bertrand Simpson said there...

If the Institute for Excellence in Selling does not deliver a portion of about $3,000 owed to the Student Association Mass Transit Board for advertisements on the Huskie Bus Line, the board will present the matter to the SA senate asking for sanctions...

A search committee will decide Friday which candidates to interview for the vice president for business and operations position. "The committee will review recommendations, gather information and make phone calls about references," said Curtiss Behrens,...

The Student Association Senate Sunday allocated almost $18,000 to seven club sports. The hockey club received $8,314.30. The team's record was 22-1-3 this year. SA Treasurer Todd Lipscomb said the team charges its supporters a small amount for attendance...

DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow suggested imposing university sanctions as serious as expulsion against Day of Action II protestors who blocked Lincoln Highway April 13. Sparrow said he plans to meet with NIU President John LaTourette to discuss the sanctions...

Student Association senators questioned the effectiveness of Day of Action II in which 79 protestors were arrested after blocking Lincoln Highway for about 90 minutes. SA President Jim Fischer said at Sunday's SA meeting, "The state didn't allot any more...

State university officials said incidents of racial discrimination on their campuses have been minimal during the spring semester. NIU has had to deal with occurences of racial discrimination this semester such as the shoplifting incident at Holmes Student...