350Kishwaukee Co-Chair Meryl Greer Domina (right) speaks with her friend and co-worker, Sylvia Varhus, of Elburn, about contacting local representatives to get rid of pipelines in DeKalb County Sept. 13.

"Anyone that is familiar with the oil industry knows that these things [pipelines] will leak," Varhus said. "It is just a matter of time."

Last spring, the winner of the Northern Star Scavenger Hunt was Emily Majewski, sophomore elementary education major. The medallion was found under a white Spruce tree in Annie's Woods, 401 Lucinda Ave.

The Board of Trustees carried a motion approving the Fiscal Year 2018 budget request of $91,092,700 which will be prepared and submitted to the Illinois Board of Higher Education for approval in the fall of FY17.

“The real challenge is that this is the level of funding we received in [FY15],” said Alan Phillips, vice president of administration and finance. “Because of the budget impasse in Springfield, we don’t know how much money we’ll receive for [FY18].”

Eric Weldy, vice president of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, said the enrollment decrease is because of the 12-month budget impasse, which resulted from state lawmakers disagreeing on a budget for Fiscal Year 2016. State budget appropriations could not be dispersed, including funding for higher education, until the budget was passed June 30.

“I think it will make things a lot easier as far as school is concerned. It definitely helps if we had that extra week off at the beginning of each semester to get focused and all settled in. As far as practice times too, I feel that telling us our practice schedules in advance would be a great help so we can plan our schedule accordingly. It will be easier now for us to get tutors or do what we need to do.”