The DeKalb City Council has received a lot of attention lately after 7th Ward Alderman Mark Powell started making accusations that the council is a "rubber stamp" for proposals. But because of Powell's continual disruptions of meetings and attacks on...

NIU Anthropologist and Associate Professor William Fash will reveal the progress of his Copan Mosaics Project during a presentation at 8 p.m. today in the Holmes Student Center Heritage Room. Michael Gonzales, associate professor of history and acting...

Students angered by a hard-to-understand book, an allegedly ineffective teacher, and an excessively large class size walked out of their MATH 101 course the day before a test last week and started a petition outlining these problems, said Samantha Hellenga,...

The races for political offices have begun to heat up in DeKalb County, and in the campaign for county coroner, a question of qualifications has been raised. Incumbent coroner and Democrat Dennis Miller, in an interview Wednesday, questioned the qualifications...

Financial aids for NIU students might have been one reason for the dozens of recent on-campus student job vacancies, but new financial aid regulations could prove to be a cure. Several on-campus student employers, including those in Founders Memorial...

A proposal for a master of arts program in the foreign language and literature department, which has been accepted by NIU and the Board of Regents, still must be approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Lynne Waldeland, NIU assistant provost...

Compromise was the name of the game at Wednesday night's Student Association Internal Affairs Committee meeting concerning the status of the Student Committee on Political Action. The SA decided Sunday to refer to the IAC a senator's proposal which would...

NIU will host one of several entrepreneurship seminars that will be held nationwide to introduce the development and operation process of small businesses. James Thomson, U.S. Small Business Administration's regional administrator, said NIU will conduct...

Several NIU instructors questioned Board of Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves for details about the funding of Professor Clyde Wingfield's Washington "administrative assignment" Wednesday. At a special meeting of the NIU Faculty Assembly, Sociology Professor...

ALPHA: The Friends of Antiquity is presenting its 180th lecture series, which will highlight the architecture of ancient Egypt. Lecturer and professor Avra Liakos from the NIU School of Art has chosen "Ancient Egypt: Aspects of Death and Eternal Life"...

The DeKalb County circuit clerk's failure to renew four certificates of deposit for a loss of less than $1,000 was the main topic of discussion at Democratic nominee Linda Finn's town meeting Tuesday night. Finn told a crowd of about 20 that $40,000 worth...

Illinois taxpayers might receive state income tax refunds more quickly as a result of legislation signed into law earlier this month by Gov. James Thompson. "The issue originally came about as a result of the slow payment of refunds in 1987," said Jennifer...