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...

Sangamon State University President Durward Long, against whom charges of sexual harassment recently were filed by seven SSU faculty members, spoke to members of the Board of Regents during their meeting Thursday about the sexual harassment policies at...

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 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...

A legally blind DeKalb resident was denied access to a local restaurant because an employee would not allow him to enter with his seeing eye dog. A chef at The Red Apple Restaurant, 1039 W. Hillcrest Drive (formerly Around the Clock), said the business...