Two DeKalb County road improvement projects, holding a total price tag of about $550,000, are scheduled to receive bids Feb. 3, said Rep. John Countryman (R_DeKalb). The first project proposed by the Illinois Department of Transportation involves the...

A change in Student Association senate voting districts, administrative decisions involving student groups and group funding are some major issues the SA senate will discuss this semester. SA Vice President Gregg Bliss said redistricting will be debated...

A proposed security phone system designed to link the NIU campus with University Police is awaiting a referendum vote by students before it can proceed into its final stages. Jon Dalton, vice president for student affairs, said he favors the phone system....

Parents feel that reciting the pledge of allegiance in school might be a good idea, but when asked if the policy should be mandatory, the same people voiced staunch opposition to thoughts of required patriotism. A statewide Illinois Policy Survey conducted...

NIU senior Sandra Kaufmann was honored last week at the American College Dance Festival at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa by being chosen as one of the finalist to perform a choreographic work at the festival's gala performance. Alan Bernstein, a...

I've always learned that you can't put a price tag on concepts like friendship, kindness, and gentleness. I seem to have been wrong. Today's the day. This is the beginning of a kinder, gentler nation. Only it's costing about $25 million, give or take...

The Parking Committee discussed a letter at their meeting Thursday from a student concerned about the number of parking spaces available to Neptune Hall residents. Written by Neptune Steven Sanders, the letter stated that parking lot D, located directly...

Seventeen students filed petitions by Thursday's 4:30 p.m. deadline to fill the seven vacant Student Association Senate seats. Ten students filed petitions for five openings of the 32 off-campus senate seats. There are two vacancies in the 16 on-campus...

NIU President John LaTourette approved funds this month to correct inadequate lighting problems that campus administrators and student leaders identified during a walking tour of the campus last semester. Intended to identify dimly-lit campus areas requiring...

Qualified members of minority groups have opportunities to earn $10,000 for graduate school through fellowships from the Illinois Censortium for Educational Opportunity Program. The program provides for annual financial awards of $10,000 for full-time...

After a national search that included thousands of applicants, NIU has a new associate director of University Programming and Activities. Flecia Thomas, a graduate of Illinois State University in Normal, began her job as associate director of UP&A...

Consumers of Commonwealth Edison Co. are due to receive refunds of summer rate overcharges that could amount to up to 20 percent of their total electric bill for the last seven months, according to an analysis conducted by the Citizens Utility Board....