A settlement was not reached in a pretrial hearing Thursday for a Board of Regents eminent domain lawsuit filed last fall. The Regents filed the suit Oct. 14, 1987 on NIU's behalf to determine how much land south of the NIU campus the university can obtain...

Relatively elaborate security measures, prompted by threats of student protest, were taken for Thursday morning's Board of Regents meeting in the Holmes Student Center but ultimately proved unnecessary. Jon Dalton, vice president for student affairs,...

The Board of Regents approved a 10-year acquisition contract for the property at 801 N. First Street, DeKalb, formerly known as the Palmer Music Building. The approved contract-for-purchase of the facility, located on the eastern edge of the NIU campus,...

Victorious politicians from November's elections were sworn in to office yesterday at the DeKalb County Courthouse. Newly elected Judge Phil DiMarzio, State's Attorney Mike Coghlan, Circuit Clerk Maureen Josh and Coroner Dennis Miller pledged to uphold...

At NIU's AIDS Awareness Day Thursday, guest speakers lectured in the sparsely-filled Holmes Student Center's Regency Room about the facts, myths and proper precautions to take concerning AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). The awareness program,...

The Black Theater Workshop will present its last play of the semester, titled "Sign of the Times" on Dec. 3 in the Music Building's Concert Hall at 8 p.m. Tony Carter, president of the Black Theater Workshop, said that all acts and dances of the play...

The Board of Regents approved a proposal for the development of an academic promotion policy which would set an equal rate for pay increments to faculty at NIU and Illinois State University. The proposal passed by the Regents allows the Regents chancellor...

Holidays, holidays, holidays. It's that time of year again...first it's Thanksgiving, then it's Christmas. What's next, I ask you? There's something about this time of year that seems to evoke the sentimental in most of us—and the opportunistic in others....

NIU's Huskie Marching Band, under the direction of Frank Bibb, will perform its last concert of the year in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the Music Building Friday at 8 p.m. The concert will include music the band has performed at half-time shows...

Joe Annunzio, Student Association senate speaker, accepted the resignation of another SA senator Wednesday and expects between three and five more resignations before Sunday's SA meeting. Annunzio will present off-campus Sen. Michele Gerritson's resignation...

NIU's Department of Development and University Relations updated its map of the Interstate-88 Illinois Research and Development Corridor. The map, titled "55 Miles of Opportunity," identifies more than 40 business firms from Oak Brook to DeKalb which...

One Student Association senator is saying she will make a motion at the SA meeting Sunday to remove SA recognition from the Sigma Chi fraternity. Five members of Sigma Chi performed a skit Nov. 20 which was considered by some audience members as racially...