The Department of Human and Family Resources and the Department of Curriculum and Instruction will not be joining forces to develop an early childhood studies program as proposed last spring to the Council on Instruction. "It is my understanding that...

Chicago's Second City, the comedy troupe that spawned such stars as Chevy Chase, John and Jim Belushi and Joan Rivers, will perform their latest material at NIU this month. Probably now the best known group of comics in the country, Second City originated...

While many musicians find themselves writing and composing many songs of their own, one NIU student strums to a slightly different tune. Corporate communications major Dan Modaff has made a hobby out of singing and guitar playing during the last eight...

NIU's first annual Deaf Awareness Week brought about a very positive interaction between the hearing and non-hearing students on campus, said Allan Vest, program for the hearing impaired director. The week was designed by Kevin Ballard and Kim Antos,...

The establishment of a new bond revenue entity might trigger a struggle for the use of a $10 million parity bond and, in turn, increase student fees. The possibility of making the NIU Parking Division a bond revenue entity is in the request stages. If...

Charges were filed Wednesday against an NIU student who allegedly struck another student with his car during the Day of Action rally on Lincoln Highway Oct. 21. DeKalb County State's Attorney Philip DiMarzio said Clark Cavish, 22, 824 Greenbrier Road,...

Two NIU students charged with criminal trespass in an Oct. 10 tailgating incident will enter pleas of not guilty at their preliminary trial at 9 a.m. today. Joe Watson, 21, 829 Greenbrier Road, said he and Randy Andersen, 22, 900 Crane Drive, will fight...

NIU's new Grievance Committee now will accept complaints from faculty members dissatisfied with the actions or conduct of staff, faculty or administration. Joel Swift, College of Law associate professor, was elected chairman of the committee, which is...

A $21,000 bronze statue of Martin Luther King Jr., in its second year of planning and development stages, might stand in NIU's King Memorial Commons as early as May. The bronze statue will stand 6 feet tall on a 3-foot pedestal near the center of the...

Featuring two graduate conductors as well as two award-winning student soloists, the NIU Philharmonic will perform its final concert of the fall semester Nov. 10. The performance in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall at the Music Building will begin with a...

Assistant City Manager Gary Boden said there are as many complaints from students against other students as any other type of complaints. "Regardless of who it is (making a complaint), they are just residents of the city of DeKalb," he said. DeKalb County...

When discussing NIU's proposed constitution Tuesday, the University Council expressed concerns about some of the changes and offered additional recommendations to the constitutional task force. The Presidential Task Force on Constitutional Revision will...