About 60 percent of NIU students polled Wednesday voted to ban smoking in Founders Memorial Library's lower lounge. Of the 1,496 students polled, 938 voted to convert the lounge to non-smoking, opposed to 558 who wanted to keep the lounge as is, half...

WNIU listeners have pledged $26,943 in the station's spring membership campaign due in part to the station's new transmission tower located 14 miles northwest of DeKalb near Lindenwood. "The response to the new tower has been really fantastic," said Mike...

DeKalb Police are investigating a phone call between a newly-elected alderman and one of his defeated opponents. DeKalb Police Sergeant Charles Kross said police are investigating a phone call between 7th Ward Alderman Mark Powell and Dulari Tikoo, who...

Two NIU vice presidents will review incidents connected with Thursday's party at the West Lagoon that lead to the arrival of four police departments and the arrest of an NIU student for mob action. Jon Dalton, NIU vice president of Student Affairs, said...

The "situation was peaceful" when DeKalb Police arrived at NIU's West Lagoon Thursday night at the request of University Police, DeKalb Police Chief Joe Maciejewski said. Maciejewski attempted to clarify the DeKalb Police's role in the incident at a press...

NIU student Greg Thomas, 19, was arrested early Friday morning at his dormitory room in connection with Thurday night's "riot" incident between police and students at the West Lagoon. Thomas said two University Police officers came to his room, 715 Grant...

With one position yet to be filled, NIU President John LaTourette might complete the formation today of the NIU Athletic Department's external review committee, said Ken Beasley, assistant to the president. This committee will be the second part of a...

Ensuring access to higher education for as many people possible and working for job training are some issues on the platform of presidential hopeful, U.S. Sen. Paul Simon, D-Ill. Simon, elected to the U.S. Senate in 1984, authorized the formation of his...

A summer research grant has been awarded to NIU history professor Bruce Lincoln to allow him to work on his planned book Red Against White: Russia in Revolution, 1918-1921. Lincoln received the grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a government...

NIU will expand its master's of Business Administration off-campus program this fall with classes being offered in Lisle and Schaumburg. egular MBA graduate programs will be offered week nights beginning in August in Schaumburg and Lisle, said NIU President...

Outside contractors will complete 27 construction and maintenance projects proposed for NIU this summer, and the NIU Physical Plant will complete several others. One major project is the construction of a steamline tunnel between the west heating plant...

To assist May graduating seniors in their job search, NIU's Career Planning and Placement Center will begin its Alumni Referral Service Monday. The referral service assists seniors in connecting their educations with employers. Recruiting Coordinator...