Suppose on your way home from classes today, as you prepare to get on a Huskie bus, someone deliberately cuts you off. Do you say something to that person? What if you're black and he's white—or vice versa? Suppose an argument ensues. Is this a racial...

Surveys taken in early November at the Office of Campus Recreation helped the Student Association Recreation Committee submit a budget request of $74,243 to the SA Finance Committee Saturday. The finance committee approved $68,834.30 for the organization....

A new task force investigating the possible formation of a faculty senate elected a chairman Friday and agreed to gather directional information from several universities. NIU Professor William Monat was elected chairman of the task force at its first...

The NIU Council on Instruction postponed action Thursday on the university bylaws revisions and changed course review periods. Jim Banovetz, representative from the Presidential Task Force on Constitutional Revision, proposed the new university bylaws...

Hundreds of participants met to discuss causes of racism on American campuses Thursday as part of an all-day conference entitled "Racial Discrimination on Campus." Issues ranging from minority retention in colleges to educating people on the issue of...

Editor's note: This is the last part of a three-part series on higher education funding. This part deals with Illinois politicians' role in the funding process. Taxpayers who are concerned about higher education funding need to convince Illinois legislators...

The committment to address campus racism must become an internal priority of institutions, said Henry Johnson, vice president of student services at the University of Michigan Thursday. Johnson, speaking at the "Racial Discrimination on Campus" conference,...

Possible solutions to the causes of racism discussed at an NIU conference Thursday include classroom curricula changes and faculty instruction. NIU Provost Kendall Baker said at one of the conference's seminars that colleges need to provide the same kind...

The Faculty Assembly Wednesday received a report concerning a possible status of The Northern Star, which would require an additional $75,000 in student fees. Jon Dalton, vice president for student affairs, told the assembly he supported a new student...

NIU's University Food Service might implement a student discount rate plan for the Pow Wow Room, Pheasant Room, Blackhawk Cafeteria and the catering service for the fall semester. University Food Service Director Robert Frederickson said the plan is "very...

A City of DeKalb private towing company, charged with six counts of towing ordinance violations, filed a civil suit against the city Tuesday, claiming the ordinance is unconstitutional. Michael Fitzgerald, owner of Northern Illinois Towing, 2615 Sycamore...

Unlike the Oklahoma land rush of 1889, the annual "Great DeKalb Apartment Hunt" for next year's apartments does not begin with the blare of bugles and the spring of horse-drawn wagons from a starting line. Old hands, however, have been known to liken...