State university officials said incidents of racial discrimination on their campuses have been minimal during the spring semester. NIU has had to deal with occurences of racial discrimination this semester such as the shoplifting incident at Holmes Student...

A survey implemented in April found that alcohol is the most predominant drug used on campus with marijuana coming in a distant second. Michael Haines, health enhancement services coordinator, said of the 500 students surveyed, 60 percent said they had...

Some community and student leaders oppose a bill which would require state universities to submit lists of registered voters in residence halls to the county clerk's office. Sixth Ward Alderman Steve Brody said there are two legal problems with House...

Local legislators have different views about Gov. James Thompson's strategy for asking Illinois citizens to support a tax increase for human services, such as higher education, instead of directly proposing one. "If we do increase the state income tax,...

NIU Provost Kendall Baker addressed questions about the proposed cooperative admissions policy with Rockford College at Wednesday's University Council meeting, and council members voted to allow a final vote on the proposal at their May 4 meeting. Alan...

Fall and spring service dates for some Huskie bus routes will begin one week before school to accommodate students who arrive on campus early and have no other means of transportation. The Student Association Mass Transit Board made the decision at a...

Two Chicago Sun-Times reporters told a group of about 50 students and faculty that experience is needed to land a job with a large paper. Mark Brown and Tom McNamee agreed at Thursday's lecture in the Capitol room of the Holmes Student Center that working...

SA President Jim Fischer plans to report on the Day of Action II and further discuss the illegal use of the rubber "REG" stamp issue at the Student Association Senate meeting Sunday. Fischer said at last Sunday's meeting, the sanctions on those students...

A proposed sum of $750,000 will be spent towards maintaining or reconstructing DeKalb streets this summer, Mayor Greg Sparrow said. The City Council will vote on how to use the money at a special meeting Monday in the Conference Room of the Municipal...

The admission of transfer students to NIU this fall might be based more on the student's academic records than the current policy, which is based on how soon the application is received. A policy proposed to the University Council Wednesday states it...

A group of women administrators have been meeting to discuss salary and professional progress in comparison with men administrators. Peggy Sullivan, professional studies dean, said that about one year ago she organized an informal group of women administrators...

During the last 10 years, NIU's black enrollment declined about 2 percent while Hispanic and Asian enrollment increased about 3 percent. Institutional Research Director Nick Noe said his office conducted a Minority Student Profile which found NIU minority...