A demonstration aimed at encouraging the Reserve Officers Training Corps to amend its discrimination policy will be held today, a Gay/Lesbian Union spokesperson said. "The demonstration is to encourage the ROTC and students to be aware of what's going...

Several important issues are on the agenda for tonight's DeKalb County Board meeting. All board members will be present at the 7:30 p.m. meeting, which is open to the public, said chairman Robert Hutcheson. The meeting will be held in the DeKalb County...

Meetings between students and administrators to decide how much control the Student Association has over more than $750,000 of student money are coming to an end. Final recommendations to Barbara Henley, vice president for Student Affairs, were drawn...

NIU's freshman English classes don't want no career women. Stewardesses and waitresses are bad news too. And forget about being a congressman or businesswoman, it's just not in style. Twenty of 150 frosh English classes are experimenting with gender inclusive...

Is steering people to use opinion-neutral words an effort to make them better communicators or is it bordering on political strong-arming? As with anything, it depends on who you ask. As NIU's Freshman English Committee experiments with guidelines pushing...

When it comes to financial aid, a student's status as "needy" is frequently not a term describing their own financial situation, but refers to their family's. In fact, a student's status as "needy" during their college years might give them an immediate...

The African influence on science will be the topic of two lectures on campus today. Ivan Van Sertima, a linguist, anthropologist and literary critic, will lecture at NIU today. The event, sponsored by the Center for Black Studies, BROTHERS and the Student...

NIU film and video artists can have the chance for a cash prize and a handshake from "Silence of the Lambs" director Jonathan Demme within the next month. Student and professional artists throughout Illinois are invited to submit their film work in the...

More than ever before, it's becoming difficult to run a major university. Because of diverse constituencies, tight budgets and a lack of funding from the state level, many colleges are experiencing a revolving-door policy for their presidents. "A number...

The fire damage that ravaged through DeKalb Center on two separate days nearly two weeks ago was proof-positive that the fire protection system in the building works. The fact that there were no walls collapsing and that only tenant belongings burned...

Students from the NIU mass transit board will try to make headway into the national political arena during a trip to Washington, D.C., this week. The trip is supposed to make NIU's voice heard in the face of a federal budget that is giving mass transit...

Communication majors will have the chance today to "focus" on their careers when they listen to speakers from different fields. The program is called Future Opportunities for Communication Undergraduate Students (FOCUS) and begins today at 9:30 a.m. at...