Although students may not have to pay more for bus service next year, the fee might be increased about $5 per academic year for fiscal years 1990 and 1991. The Student Association Mass Transit Board approved a budget recommendation Monday which includes...

The Black Student Union invited Maulana Karenga to speak Wednesday to the student body to encourage students to strive for excellence in academic studies despite racial intentions on campus. BSU President Pam Bozeman said, "The BSU invited him (Karenga)...

As legislators gather in Springfield today for the General Assembly Veto Session, students at NIU and campuses statewide will protest Gov. James Thompson's $53 million budget cut to higher education. One bill students originally hoped to lobby for today...

The importance of journalism to the NIU community will be the focus of a series of events scheduled this week by the journalism department. A reception for current and prospective journalism students will be held tonight at 8:30 in the Holmes Student...

The 2,100 teenage traffic deaths in 1985 has prompted more than 75 DeKalb High School students to inform others about the dangers of drinking and driving. The DeKalb chapter of Students Against Driving Drunk (SADD) informs students about alcohol-related...

Anyone out there ever read "Slaughterhouse Five" or listen to the Beatles? You know that they were once banned, burned or just generally condemned along with a score of other materials now widely accepted. It seems like NIU is facing a similar situation...

There are some topics which evoke concern by their very mention. Sexual harassment is one such problem difficult to combat because people have trouble even discussing it. Fortunately, at NIU steps are being taken to correct this. A new policy concerning...

The crisis is obvious. The state of Illinois has decided a constitutional goal to provide for citizens' educational development to the limit of their abilities is unimportant. Gov. Thompson and the legislature have cut higher education's budget by $53...

Student attitudes and administrative feelings toward recent budget cuts are the targets of an NIU marketing class research project. A preliminary study recently completed by the eight-member group indicated that about half of the students questioned were...

For the fifth consecutive year, NIU is No. 1 in the percentage of students nationally who passed the Certified Public Accountant exam, according to the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy. NIU CPA Review Director John Simon said 93 of...

Alcohol is the basis of many social events and good times on campus—just look at the facts: Thousands more students turn up for the tailgating before a Huskie football game than actually attend the game. DeKalb bars are crammed with area residents each...

During last night's Student Association senate meeting, SA President Jim Fischer ripped Gov. James Thompson and the NIU administration. Fischer said Thompson's cuts in the state's higher education budget "made his blood boil" because they produced the...