At their Sept. 15 meeting, the Board of Regents approved a $10 million proposed budget for NIU Program Improvements and Expansions for fiscal year 1990. The Board of Regents Chancellor's Report states that $1 million of the total $10,051,700 recommendation...

DeKalb Circuit Court Judge Douglas Engel will decide in two weeks whether or not a charge of resisting a peace officer should be dropped for about 75 NIU students who were involved in a Day of Action II sit-in on Lincoln Highway April 13. At a hearing...

Wednesday night the Student Association's Internal Affairs Committee met to decide the fate of SCOPA. Some members of the IAC wanted to eliminate the Student Committee On Political Action entirely, but it appears that will not happen. Now it looks as...

Walt Owens, chairman of NIU's Commission on the Status of Minorities, will host a reception today at his house to help new students on campus meet and socialize with other minority students and faculty. Owens said a problem many minorities face at NIU...

NIU President John LaTourette said he will continue to speak out for what is in the best interests of Illinois—education. This is in response to criticism by Illinois Auditor General Robert Cronson about President LaTourette's plan for restructuring...

Concerns about crime, vandalism, safety and property values will be addressed by 3rd ward residents and city officials at a meeting Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Plumbers and Pipefitters Local No. 612, 637 N. 11th St. Neighborhood residents,...

The $125 tuition surcharge, approved by the Board of Regents Sept. 15, will be implemented for the spring 1989 semester at all Regency universities, including NIU. The $125 surcharge was favored over a proposed $125 tuition increase by several Regents...

NIU is currently involved in a lawsuit with a university employee who has not paid $530 in parking fines incurred by his failure to properly register his vehicle from October 1987 to May 1988. During this time period, Wayne Fetzer, an NIU laundry facilities...

Platforms have been set, and already, allegations are flying in the campaign for Circuit Clerk of DeKalb County. Republican incumbent Maureen Josh is following a "qualified candidate" platform, feeling that her past four years in office have earned her...

A motion to dimiss the charge of resisting a peace officer will be reviewed at a hearing today for about 75 NIU students involved in the Day of Action II sit-in protest on Lincoln Highway April 13. Don Henderson, NIU director of Students' Legal Assistance...

The continuing mistrust between the United States and the Soviet Union, along with the Reagan Administration's commitment to "Star Wars," are two obstacles that stand in the way of further nuclear arms reductions between the two countries. This message...

Philip Gray, NIU associate professor and chairman of the Department of Communication Studies, was invited to attend the July National Summer Conference conducted by the Speech Communication Association. The conference, which is held every 10 years, has...