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,...

A bill to help counties keep track of students who are registered to vote might not come before the General Assembly because the rules committee has not released it. Rep. John Countryman, R-DeKalb, said he did not expect the bill to pass this session,...

About 14 percent of private investments in the United States belong to South African citizens. Speaking to members of the NIU History Club Thursday, NIU history professor John Higinson said the investments were at first thought of as Dutch assets by U.S....

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...

A survey implemented in April found that alcohol is the most predominant drug used on campus with marijuana coming in a distant second. Michael Haines, health enhancement services coordinator, said of the 500 students surveyed, 60 percent said they had...

Some community and student leaders oppose a bill which would require state universities to submit lists of registered voters in residence halls to the county clerk's office. Sixth Ward Alderman Steve Brody said there are two legal problems with House...

Local legislators have different views about Gov. James Thompson's strategy for asking Illinois citizens to support a tax increase for human services, such as higher education, instead of directly proposing one. "If we do increase the state income tax,...

NIU Provost Kendall Baker addressed questions about the proposed cooperative admissions policy with Rockford College at Wednesday's University Council meeting, and council members voted to allow a final vote on the proposal at their May 4 meeting. Alan...