Many NIU students experienced scheduling problems this semester due to past and present high enrollments and a shortage of faculty, especially in some departments of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. "We are having very heavy enrollments in our...

NIU's accounting program received another honor when it moved from eleventh to seventh place in the nation according to a ranking published by "Public Accounting Report," an independent newsletter for accounting professionals. According to John Engstrom,...

Combating high utility rates and protecting the environment from hazardous wastes are the top priorities of the Illinois Senate Committee on Energy and Environment according to newly appointed chairman Pat Welch, D-Peru. "The committee can be of help...

Because of a greater demand on campus, NIU's Health Enhancement Service is providing more sex and health risk information. The service has been spending a lot of time emphasizing problems and solutions of sex issues. "The service is focusing a greater...

The Student Association Mass Transit Board is trying to boost the number of Huskie Bus riders, especially DeKalb residents, in hopes of improving relations with DeKalb's City Council and eliminating the need to raise student fees. Ideas to increase bus...

The DeKalb City Council is considering proposals for revision of the existing ordinance regulating automobile relocation in response to continuing controversy over towing practices. Under the current ordinance, the city must issue an annual license before...

NIU might sue the Marriott Corporation for breach of contract if the corporation makes good on its threat to cease Roy Rogers operations at the start of this year's spring break, March 6. In a brief letter dated Jan. 26, 1987 to NIU Business and Operations...

Kishwaukee Community Hospital is celebrating National Heart Month by inviting NIU students and DeKalb area residents to four free evening programs to discuss heart problems. The first program, "Heart Attack: Recognizing and Discussing Your Risk," will...

A DeKalb police officer ignored witnesses who said no one was in a burning car, and saved a man's life. Valentino Robles, 28, 710 N. Fourth St., fell asleep in his car at 3:17 a.m. Saturday while it was warming up near Tenth Street and State Street, DeKalb...

In order to continue their volunteer programs for the rest of the semester, the Volunteer Bureau requested supplemental funding at the Student Association Senate meeting Sunday night. The SA Senate unanimously approved the request for $2,040. The request...

Charges of racial discrimination and harassment brought against two DeKalb Police officers by an NIU student have led to an internal investigation of the incident. The student made a formal complaint against Officers Richard Zenzen and J. Kenton Quist,...

The forecast called for victory as NIU meteorology students placed third in overall competition at the 1985-86 national forecasting competition. Paul Dunne, a meteorology student, said about 15 NIU students competed in the competition which was sponsored...