NIU is following a new trend among Big 10 schools to reduce and limit on-campus drinking. A revised alcohol regulation policy for NIU will work toward protecting the safety and welfare of students as well as educate them about alcohol abuse. Jon Dalton,...

Increased funding for higher education is crucial if NIU is to fulfill its mission as a "modern land grant university" in the future, NIU President John LaTourette reiterated in his state of the university address last Thursday. LaTourette said poor state...

More than 5,000 NIU students attempted to register for classes last Wednesday and Thursday at schedule completion, said Richard Durfee, director of records and registration. The 2,421 students attending schedule completion last Wednesday totalled 400...

NIU Professor Clyde Wingfield, who will be taking a paid leave of absence from NIU for the next academic year, said he has no intentions to leave NIU after his fellowship with the American Associaton of State Colleges and Universities ends. Wingfield...

NIU administrators will be meeting with students to discuss a proposal to increase student input into management of the Holmes Student Center—a proposal which could alleviate problems which Student Association President Paula Radtke calls "a form of...

Last-minute schedule changes can be hectic for students who have to wait in long lines, but in the future, these changes can be made by telephone from anywhere in the world. NIU is now developing software which will one day enable the installation of...

Police are searching the Wisconsin Dells area for NIU student Richard Church, who is charged with the slayings of his ex-girlfriend's parents. Woodstock Police Chief Herb Pitzman said a fugitive warrant was issued Aug. 25 for Church, who had crossed the...

NIU faculty will receive an 8.5 percent salary increase this year, 75 percent of which is based on performance and 25 percent across the board. NIU President John LaTourette said the Board of Regents passed a salary increase for those faculty members...

A no-smoking ordinance effective Sept. 1 which will strengthen the existing policy was approved after brief debate by the DeKalb City Council Aug. 22. In a 5 to 1 vote, the council passed the policy after voting to delete a section regulating private...

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Police arrested 25 people and seized $70,000 worth of drugs and $11,000 in cash during an investigation resulting in what police call "the largest drug bust in 15 years in DeKalb County." On-going investigations of the drug rings began in October 1987,...