NIU's abiltiy to spend revenue from the $150 tuition increase students will pay in the spring, included in Senate Bill 1520, will top the issues affecting the univeristy when the state legislature meets for the next few days. The Senate and House of Representatives...

An effort put forth by the Illinois Student Association to increase state funding for higher education is to urge students to write to their local legislators. ISA President David Starrett said, "Tell (legislators) you want the state to increase funding...

NIU students might gain more control over the allocation of student fees if a plan by Student Association President Jim Fischer to create a system of governing boards to manage student-funded areas on campus is approved. Fischer's plan to unify students'...

The results of NIU's 1985-86 Graduate Follow-Up Survey show the mean income for students receiving a four-year NIU degree at $37,706. The same report stated the mean income for students who have received post-graduate NIU degrees is $52,826. A study released...

An NIU student was one of 26 winners chosen out of several hundred national candidates presented with a $1,000 Carnation Merchandiser Scholarship award Tuesday. Bill Graham, a sociology major, was chosen as the outstanding merchandiser in the Chicago...

Democratic gubernatorial candidates Wallace Wilkinson in Kentucky and Ray Mabus in Mississippi sought to extend their party's statehouse dynasties in off-year elections Tuesday, while Philadelphia Mayor W. Wilson Goode battled the comeback candidacy of...

"Quality music always withstands the test of time." So said Dick Gerhard, leader of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, who will perform at NIU this Parents' Day Weekend. If ticket sales are any determinant, Gerhard's words are true. The concert has been sold...

Musical humorist Utah Phillips will perform the first night of his current Mid-Western tour in the New Prairie Cafe tonight at 8:30. The admission-free concert, sponsored by NIU's Campus Activities Board, is sure to bring smiles with Phillips' songs and...

New Zealand invades DeKalb in two weeks. Are Jim Rosborough's troops ready? "To this point we've put in about 98 percent of what we need to play," Rosborough said. Notice he said "play." The New Zealand Nationals are coming here the 19th to play basketball,...

Deputy City Clerk Donna Johnson said DeKalb allows an organization to purchase three class "G" licenses per year at a total cost of $50. Before being eligible to purchase the one-day license, the organization must purchase liquor liability insurance,...

NIU Provost Kendall Baker will meet with the Faculty Assembly today to discuss his "Working Priorities" paper which was written in response to the university budget and funding priorities across campus. In addition, Baker will be discussing the physics...

NIU's Huskie line was second in ridership in Illinois only to the Chicago Transit Authority, as it carried about 3.2 million people during the last academic year, said its General Manager Charles Battista (cq). About 100,000 people a week use the Huskie...