The DeKalb County Court found Thursday there to be probable cause in connection with the two counts of fraud charged against NIU Marketing Professor David Richard Rink. The preliminary hearing, held at the County Courthouse, determined that a crime was...

When the Board of Regents formally approved a $150 tuition increase for the spring semester for NIU Friday, the move did not go unnoticed by students. Members of the Student Association, the John Lennon Society and the Student Committee on Political Action...

The Student Center Bookstore is holding a "Grand Opening" this week to familiarize students and faculty with the changes they have made since remodeling this summer. The main changes are the additions of several new sections and an increase of all inventory,...

WASHINGTON (AP)—The Reagan administration incorrectly claims it can unilaterally reinterpret the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty to allow expanded U.S. "Star Wars" testing, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Sunday. The attempt by the Republican...

Because of the $363 million statewide budget cut, NIU's library material fund is being reduced by $80,000 this year. Gordon Rowley, associate director of NIU libraries, said the cuts represent a 4 percent reduction in the materials' budget from last year,...

Winners of last week's Student Association senate elections took their oaths of office Sunday night as the senate convened for the first time this year. SA President Jim Fischer said the senators will have to work hard in order to provide students with...

The Graduate School Grants and Fellowship Office recently has been established to aid graduate students in finding research grants, fellowships and graduate assistantships. Graduate School Assistant Dean Philip Daniel, who created the office, said, "I...

The Board of Regents Friday approved NIU's request for $500,000 for fiscal year 1989 to develop a Ph.D. program in physics. Before the Regents meeting, Chancellor Roderick Groves said he was sure the funding request would be approved. "I think everyone...

NIU alumni will advise students about preparing for the "real world" at the College of Business's annual Junior Career Day. The event, which will be held Wednesday, begins at 9 a.m. with a welcome by Richard Brown, dean of the college and Gary Scott,...

Defendant claims victim charged at him A blind NIU senior charged with voluntary manslaughter testified Friday that his victim charged him before being shot. Gerardo Diaz and Peter Gogola, another blind NIU student, are charged in connection with the...

John J. Fenzel, 21, of Lincoln Hall, died early Friday after he fell and suffered a fatal cut from a beer glass he was carrying in his right pocket. DeKalb Deputy Coroner Earl Tischler said Fenzel fell after running into a guide wire of a telephone pole....