Alfred MacDonald, 18, was arrested for the criminal sexual abuse of an NIU student Sunday, after entering her residence hall room, police report. MacDonald, 480 Crestwood Drive, Des Plaines, is not an NIU student. University Police said the victim reported...

Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part series on higher education funding. Part one deals with the students' role in the funding process. Student leaders urge other students to become more active in their roles as lobbyists and voters to show...

CHICAGO—Educational groups across the state are forming a coalition to work together in support of a state-wide tax increase needed to fund and strengthen all levels of education in Illinois. After a joint meeting of the Illinois Board of Higher Education...

The University Council Faculty Assembly will discuss today at its regular meeting the possible reduction of the Athletic Board's size. Judy Bischoff, executive secretary of the UC, said the Faculty Assembly's Committee "B" will recommend the board be...

Former NIU marketing professor David Richard Rink will be cleared of two forgery charges on Feb. 9, and might appeal his university dismissal in March. State's Attorney Philip DiMarzio said the Feb. 9 court date was set to determine the status of the...

Since new NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell has been on the job, one of his main tasks has been to fill the future Huskie football schedules. The difference is he's doing it with a philosophy new to NIU. "We need to be playing teams that are like us,...

Four black students accused of shoplifting Jan. 21 received letters of apology from the Holmes Student Center Bookstore manager Tuesday. Bookstore Manager Stanley Shedaker had no comment Tuesday afternoon and said he has been directed to send all comments...

No one will point any fingers at NIU senior co-captain Rodney Davis when it comes time to explain the Huskies' failure on the hardwood this season. Going into Monday night's game at Cincinnati, Davis needed just 26 points to become the 15th player in...

The city of New York is instituting a plan it believes will reduce needle-sharing—and the incidence of AIDS—among drug addicts. The city will provide free clean hypodermic needles to between 200 and 400 intravenous drug users to be chosen from waiting...

Three Kishwaukee Community College students are reported in stable condition today after they survived a collision with a semi tractor-trailer Jan. 28. The driver of the car was pronounced dead on arrival at Kishwaukee Community Hospital. The three students,...

Concerns about admissions, employment, discrimination and sexual harassment are addressed in NIU's affirmative action policy, which was revised last week. The policy statement was forwarded to NIU President John LaTourette for approval, according to the...

A request from a DeKalb businessman to add an additional bus stop to route two was approved Monday at the Student Association Mass Transit Board meeting. Jeff Rosenberg, who owns a telemarketing business on the corner of 9th Street and Lincoln Hwy., requested...