WASHINGTON (AP)—A congressional agency's report on last October's stock market crash concluded Tuesday that computerized trading equipment and the way transactions are regulated should be overhauled to avoid another such plunge. The General Accounting...

More than $1,000,000 in Build Illinois funds granted to NIU is being put to use on six major projects here. Conrad Miller, project manager for NIU's physical plant, said although construction on certain projects has not been seen on campus yet, the projects...

Money might not be available to fund the Illinois State Scholarship Commission's Merit Recognition Award for 1988-89. Board of Regents member Clara Fitzpatrick said if there is not enough funding for the ISSC, she said she would prefer not funding the...

Through the help of the President's Fee Study Committee, it appears there might be a chance NIU's athletic facilities could finally see some much-needed renovation and improvement. The committee voted Monday to increase student fees by $1.20 per semester....

NIU student Clark Cavish pleaded not guilty Tuesday at a preliminary hearing Monday for allegedly striking a student with his car during the Oct. 21 Day of Action rally. Duke Harris, assistant DeKalb County state's attorney, said Cavish, 22, 824 Greenbrier...

The completion of a Martin Luther King Jr. statue, which will stand in the Holmes Student Center, is pending approval by NIU's Martin Luther King Jr. Statue Committee. Eddie Williams, vice president of finance and planning, said art Professor Dave Bowers...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP)—A judge jailed a 9-year-old boy for five days after his repeated scrapes with the law, releasing him after an attempt to teach him "there are consequences for his actions," authorities said Tuesday. Attorneys involved in the case...

The proposed smoking policy created by the Interior Facilities Environments Committee will go into effect June 1 if it is approved by NIU President John LaTourette. A survey conducted by the committee in November indicated a majority favored a smoking...

Through a "clerical" error, 55 students found their political science 100 class cancelled after add/drop lines had closed. J. Dixon Essecks, political science assistant director, said POLS 100 section 3 was supposed to be cancelled Dec. 3 along with sections...

An Iowa judge granted the motion to dismiss the case against NIU men's basketball player John Culbertson. Judge Steven Van Marel ruled in Culbertson's favor because "the state of Iowa didn't file trial information within the statute of limitations (three...

With accomplishments reaching to the faraway cities of London and Tokyo, the NIU Press has published more than 125 works since its creation in 1965. Two foreign offices in England and Japan generate sales of books published by the press. Published works...

DeKalb has spent more than one-half of its budgeted funds for snow removal, but officials are not concerned about a deficit. DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow said at least $85,000 of snow-removal funds have been spent so far, and DeKalb has received two-thirds...