Students at Illinois universities are planning trips to Springfield for the Day of Action II on April 13. Statewide Coordinator Brian Hopkins said he is encouraging universities "to focus events around a trip to Springfield. We aren't recommending campus...

NIU's Founders Memorial Library might cut $240,000 from its fiscal 1989 budget, causing reductions to the amount of journals to which academic departments have access. Gordon Rowley, associate director for research services, said it is not possible at...

The president of the architectural firm slated to redesign the Holmes Student Center tower's new exterior said Wednesday his firm would not let aesthetics come before necessary improvements on the tower. Randall Lindstrom, president of Ware and Associates,...

Fires ignited in two elevators at Grant Towers South residence hall caused about $300 in damage Monday night, DeKalb firefighters said. University Police said pizza boxes were set on fire and put in the north and south elevators on the B wing. UPs said...

Leaks in the asbestos-laden ceiling on the fourth floor of the University Health Services building are causing concern among students and staff who use the area. "As the rain comes down through the roof and passes through the ceiling, there is the potential...

Human and Family Resources faculty might hold classes at a preview to Day of Action II on April 5 for NIU students and faculty concerned about higher education funding. Featuring State Representatives Zeke Giorgi, D-Rockford, and Myron Olson, R-Dixon,...

The DeKalb City Council will consider proposing an ordinance to amend the position of deputy city clerk from a municipal employee to an independant contractor at a special meeting today at 7 p.m. The amendment, a consideration discussed at the regular...

Two more suspects were arrested in connection with a March 23 theft when tires, wheel rims and stereo equipment were stolen from cars parked in parking lots near NIU residence halls. University Police Sgt. Ralph Taylor said Kishwaukee Community College...

A representative of citizens against building the Superconducting Super Collider in Illinois asked the Student Association Sunday to oppose the collider's location in Illinois. The senate has not taken a position on the issue. SA Sen. Jana Stringfellow...

Most students who use the Huskie Bus Line are satisified with the services, a Student Association Mass Transit Board bus survey revealed. Graduate Assistant Mary Hermsen said students indicated in general they are satisfied toward the busing system. Hermsen...

WASHINGTON (AP)—In a move that reportedly shocked Attorney General Edwin Meese III, the Justice Department's No. 2 official and the head of the department's criminal division both abruptly resigned Tuesday amid a nearly year-old criminal investigation...

NIU President John LaTourette said his recently-established advisory council of area corporate executives will help NIU become what he called a "modern land grant university." LaTourette said he put together his 15-member presidential advisory council...