The Student Committee on Political Action met Thursday to discuss philosophy and strategy for the April 13 Day of Action II. SCOPA Chairman Tom Rainey said the reason there had not been meetings earlier in the semester is because he had to decide if he...

Plans to collect and send books to children in South Africa were discussed Wednesday by the Student Association Minority Relations Committee. Thomas Gary, programming subcommittee chairman, proposed the idea and said it came from a suggestion made by...

A University Council committee Wednesday proposed the NIU Athletic Board's size be reduced to increase effectiveness and raise it to the standards of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, which the committee said it does not meet. Linda Sons,...

NIU could receive funds for the removal of asbestos from the University Health Service building if the Illinois Board of Higher Education approves its capital budget. Eddie Williams, vice president for finance and planning, said the budget includes funds...

NIU President John LaTourette declined comment on the letters of apology from Holmes Student Center Bookstore Manager Stanley Shedaker at a press conference Thursday. LaTourette said he chose not to give a full explanation on the Jan. 21 bookstore incident...

NIU's American Marketing Association will present a week of activities to show how "Marketing Makes a Good Life Better" and "How Marketing Touches Your Life." Marketing Week, Feb. 15 through Feb. 19, will feature lectures and seminars covering aspects...

NIU President John LaTourette called for a change in the state's tax structure including an increase in the Illinois income tax rate during a press conference Thursday. "From my own personal point of view, I think we need to look at a 1 percentage point...

Budgets for the Black Student Union, Health Enhancement Services, the Northern Illinois Malaysian Student Association, el Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Azlan (MECHA) and the Chess Club were approved by the Student Association Finance Committee at...

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...