Printing operations in Altgeld Hall Room 108 will be closed on Dec. 19 for a semi-annual inventory. Printing Director Ron Barnett said the printing shop produces a wide variety of of materials including envelopes, brochures and fliers. The purpose of...

The other night I was walking from the student center to my car, which was parked in the lot by the Wesley Foundation, and I noticed two guys were walking very close behind me. At first, I figured they must be walking to the same lot I was, but after...

The Kane County state's attorney's office has filed a petition for a preliminary injunction against the owner of two pit-bull dogs that fatally attacked an NIU graduate student Nov. 10. However, a hearing date has not been set because Kane County officials...

The President's Fee Study Committee is meeting Friday to develop an advisory report to NIU President John LaTourette on student-fee budget recommendations. This will be the committee's final meeting of the fall semester and will be held in the Lowden...

The Faculty Assembly will hold its last meeting of the semester today at 3 p.m. in room 505 of the Holmes Student Center. An announcement is scheduled to be made concerning a visit by Board of Regents' Chancellor Roderick Groves next semester, according...

State funding for higher education in Illinois is the lowest in the country due to a lack of state support, NIU President John LaTourette said at a speech he gave Tuesday night, sponsored by the Economics Club. LaTourette said NIU is budgeted with $170...

TIPS, a Training course for Intervention Procedures by Servers of alcohol, will be offered at Otto's, 118 E. Lincoln Hwy. on Dec. 10. TIPS is part of Euclid Beverage, a Miller-project which educates bartenders, bouncers, waitresses and other bar employees...

Two NIU administrators contested on Tuesday charges by Black Student Union members and two Chicago-area legislators that the university is a racist institution. Ken Beasley, assistant to NIU President John LaTourette, said that "out of the nearly 30,000...

Several plans for flood prevention and stormwater management were presented by DeKalb's Engineering Division and the firm Donohue & Associates of Itasca to the DeKalb City Council in a meeting Monday. At the meeting, Public Works Director Ron Naylor...

The recent U.S. Department of Energy decision to construct the proposed $4.4 billion Superconducting Super Collider in Texas, coupled with inadequate state funding for higher education, could negatively affect the multi-university at the College of DuPage....

A campus-wide food drive has been initiated by two Student Association members, in hopes of helping the needy in DeKalb. Tana Titre, SA public relations advisor, and SA senator Mike Kipp organized the food drive and plan to make it an annual event at...

Radon levels in DeKalb County are consistent with those of counties in the remainder of the state of Illinois, the Department of Nuclear Safety reports. Radon, a colorless, odorless and tasteless gas is a naturally occurring indoor pollutant. The gas,...