The Board of Regents will vote today on a promotional increment policy which would develop a common rate for academic promotions at NIU and Illinois State University. The Regents will meet at 9 a.m. in the Skyroom of the Holmes Student Center. Regents...

NIU students under the legal drinking age and intent on getting into DeKalb bars use a variety of techniques to enter drinking establishments and purchase alcohol without getting caught. Most common methods include falsifying driver's licenses, using...

Students for the Freedom of Martha Palmer carried out their promise to demonstrate at the Board of Regents' meetings at NIU Wednesday with a six-hour protest during which they demanded the board listen to their grievances about institutional racism at...

Some students might get to spend semester break in Venezuela. NIU's International Travel Club is sponsoring a trip to Curacas, Venezuela, and the country's Riviera beach region for 15 days. The tour group will fly straight to Curacas from O'Hare International...

Holmes Student Center Bookstore Evaluation Committee members voted Wednesday 8 to 1 in favor of retaining the bookstore as an NIU-run operation. In discussions before and after the vote, several members said they intended to vote in favor of NIU's retention...

All engineering programs at NIU have been examined, evaluated and approved as meeting the requirements of the Illinois Professional Engineering Act. "This means students can now take the engineering training state exams," said Romualdas Kasuba, dean of...

Several faculty members voiced opposition to a proposed NIU faculty senate Tuesday at the first open hearing to discuss the senate's formation. Art Professor Richard Beard, reading from a prepared statement to the Faculty Senate Task Force, said a faculty...

Chicago 9th Ward Alderman Robert Shaw said Tuesday that he will introduce a resolution at tonight's Chicago City Council meeting for the council to request a legislative investigation of "racist actions" at NIU. Shaw said he would like the council to...

DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow said Tuesday that the city council might use more censure votes to remove 7th Ward Alderman Mark Powell from meetings if he continues to be unruly. Monday the council ejected Powell from a closed-door session through a censure...

Students looking to spread a little Christmas cheer can do so through the Student Association. SA Public Relations Adviser Tana Titre announced that students may contribute canned and dried food goods for the DeKalb needy through the SA Food Drive. Students...

The Interfratenity Council expressed several procedural concerns Tuesday about NIU's sanctions to the Sigma Chi fraternity for allegedly performing a racially discriminating skit. IFC President Tom Zur said the lack of due process by the university suspending...