Some former members of the now-defunct Coalition of Students for All Students said the coalition was created to ensure that members were elected to the Student Association senate. The coalition was successful in that regard; of 30 coalition members, 29...

A recent issue of the alternative newpaper, The Vigilante, has a candidate in the state's attorney race crying foul over remarks that he had "no ethical bounds." Jerry Shapiro, Democratic candidate for state's attorney, said Thursday he is "deeply saddened"...

Two NIU physics professors, Dan Kaplan and David Hedin, share the distinction of having worked with Nobel Prize winners on projects during their graduate studies. Leon Lederman, Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger won a Nobel Prize for an experiment...

Producing an optimistic image toward Huskie athletics, Jane Albright, the NIU women's basketball coach, and Huskie football boss Jerry Pettibone spoke to a large gathering at the weekly coaches luncheon Thursday. Albright enthusiastically announced her...

Professors and researchers from across the globe are at NIU today for the 10th annual conference meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. The academic conference, which started Wednesday and will continue through...

In an effort to meet the NIU community, several Republican candidates passed out campaign literature at the Martin Luther King Memorial Commons Wednesday afternoon. DeKalb County coroner candidate Faye Allen said, "We (candidates) are here trying to meet...

Color illustrations of the proposed Master Plan, a timeline of possible improvements for the NIU campus, were distributed to and discussed by Faculty Assembly members Wednesday. In July 1986, Eddie Williams, vice president for finance and planning, received...

The Board of Regents recently was contacted by "a prominent Springfield attorney" saying that a Sangamon State University student might file a sexual harassment complaint against that university's president, said SSU Student Regent Brian Hopkins. He said...

The NIU Parking Committee will discuss necessary repairs for the College of Engineering's parking lot at the committee's regular meeting today at 2 p.m. in room 105 of the Art Building. The committee discussed at its Oct. 20 meeting whether the college's...

A third-party candidate running for State Representative of the 76th District and DeKalb County Board District Three withdrew his candidacy too late to remove himself from the latter office. In a letter Illinois Solidarity candidate Robert Lee sent to...

A separate governing board for NIU, to replace the Board of Regents, is being advocated by the NIU American Association of University Professors and NIU faculty, an AAUP newsletter states. The newsletter states, "It almost seems that the Regents are intent...

State Rep. John Countryman, R-DeKalb, said he would support a bill to be submitted by State Sen. Patrick Welch, D-Peru, which would separate NIU from the Board of Regents governing system. Welch said he would submit the bill to the state legislature this...