A change in laws regarding students' independent status for receiving financial aid has caused a decline in the number of students who received aid in 1987-88. Financial Aid Director Jerry Augsburger said under the new laws about 5 percent of NIU students...

WHEATON (AP)—The stretch of Interstate 88 west of Chicago may be Illinois' industrial Disneyland, but it's also turning into a battlefield for the state's universities. The business boom spawned by the area's high-tech industries has led local governments...

A former Student Association Senator last week called for the resignation of SA Minority Relations Adviser Larry Robertson. "(Gary Stittgen) said I was a militant, paranoid black and I should be more concerned with the university's image," Robertson told...

The apartheid system in South Africa has placed a ban or restriction on everything from peaceful gatherings to free speech. And what's more, P.W. Botha has even exiled musicians from the racially segregated country. Joseph Shabalala of Ladysmith Black...

NIU has had off-campus courses for a while, but how NIU responds to the academic needs of the "high technology corridor" near the East-West Tollway in the western suburbs might determine its future. Bill Young, dean of the College of Continuing Education,...

A forecast from the U.S. Weather Bureau prompted the DeKalb emergency snow route system to go into effect late Wednesday afternoon. The DeKalb Office of Public Works based the restrictions on a forecast from the U.S. Weather Bureau, which projected a...

A bill which increased funding in the fiscal year 1988 budget for several higher education programs was passed by the U.S. Congress in December. The bill included funding for all levels of education, including elementary and secondary education programs....

It may be difficult for many to picture the queen of the transparent dress, Cher, as the gray-haired, widowed daughter of a repressive Italian-American family. Well, as difficult as it is to picture, it is still harder to believe, although in "Moonstruck"...

NIU President John LaTourette spoke about future funding for higher education at a University Council meeting Wednesday. "Are we going to invest in our young people and provide further higher education?" he asked. The Board of Regents' Resolution report...

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP)—Federal officials on Wednesday began their investigation of the crash of a commuter plane that killed a flight instructor from Illinois and two recently hired pilots. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board...

Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils will sponsor their first workshop for new greek members Saturday in the Holmes Student Center. Campus and national speakers who will be in attendance include Elliott Lessen, faculty adviser of Lambda Chi Alpha...

Let's say I've been a writer all my life, which is not true. I was once a high school football player, but the analogy works better this way. As a youngster, I ran home every day from school to sit at my typewriter. I dreamed of someday writing for a...