NIU guard Jerry Williams is academically ineligible to play for the men's basketball team this semester after failing to meet the university's grade point average requirement. Coach Jim Rosborough confirmed the news Saturday about his senior co-captain....

A former NIU student injured in a fight near campus last October remains in a coma, although family members said his condition has improved. Jeffery Voo, 22, is now in medically stable condition and is able to move his fingers, said the former art student's...

Federal financial aid to college students could be substantially decreased, and a new loan program initiated if Congress passes President Reagan's proposed budget for fiscal year 1988. Under the proposed budget, Pell grants would be cut about $1 million...