With all the grand plans for beautifying the central part of campus, has anyone else besides me noticed how ugly NIU has become in that area in the last year and a half? As I walk along Carroll Avenue, I feel like I'm walking through one huge parking...

The NIU School of Music will contribute to Black Heritage Month with a concert, "Music of Africa and the Caribbean," featuring Gideon Foli Alorwoyie and NIU's Clifford Alexis. The concert is set for Sunday at 3 p.m. The performance will be held in the...

A support group for women coping with changes in their lives will begin today. "The Turning Point: A Program for Women in Transition" will be offered on Tuesday afternoons for eight weeks. The group will meet at 4:30 p.m. in the Wirtz House, and the sessions...

At the risk of being arrested, members of Greenpeace "stick to their guns" to fight for wildlife and the environment, said Greeenpeace representative Joe Kintigh Monday. He said Greenpeace is a non-violent organization that wants to make people aware...

The fate of instant replay in the National Football League is under review. In Super Bowl XXII, no referees' decisions were reversed by the replay official in the booth. A few reviews wasted time off the clock, but I needed to get extra chips and dip...

GLEN ELLYN, Ill. (AP)—A suburban Chicago woman is being held in a Peruvian jail on charges of belonging to a guerrilla group that assasinated two officials, but the traveler contends she's just a tourist caught up in a legal nightmare, friends and authorities...

Gov. James Thompson will address higher education budget recommendations for fiscal year 1989 Tuesday at a joint meeting of the Illinois Board of Higher Education and the State Board of Higher Education in Chicago. A $1.8 million budget for higher education...

The Student Association this week will encourage students to register to vote in DeKalb County. The SA has begun a voter registration drive this week so students "will be able to voice their opinions," SA Sen. Joe Annunzio said. Primary elections will...

The Student Association Ad Hoc Parking Committee today will present the University Parking Committee with a proposal the SA believes will benefit both students and faculty. At Sunday's SA Senate meeting Henry Winsor, the student appointee to the university...

"Pass the Buck," a complaint box for students, allows them to make any complaints they have and get results. Paula Radtke, Student Association public relations adviser, said the program is controlled by the public relations department and allows students...

CHICAGO (AP) _Inside Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, some 1,000 people sang spirituals, prayed and donated money to Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign as part of a "Super Sunday" nationwide church collection. "The possibility of Jesse becoming...

Three budgets approved by the Student Association Finance Committee Jan. 27 will be used to benefit organizations. The budgets must get final approval from the SA senate. The SA Recycling Center was allotted $8,095.16 which will be used for salaries of...