The search for a new president at a Regency university continues. The Sangamon State University Presidential Search Committee met March 30 to screen candidates for the presidency of the Springfield school. Board of Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves said...

A sculpture representing Martin Luther King Jr.‘s ideals and principles was chosen Thursday to be the focal point of the King Memorial Commons. The 17-foot concrete sculpture was unanimously chosen by a selection panel for NIU's $75,000 national sculpture...

Nobody likes getting a parking ticket. But, some people raise a stink when they are caught parking illegally on the NIU campus, said Parking Services Manager Helen Nodurft. Parking service agents have been threatened verbally in parking lots. In some...

Mass transit officials decided that hours of interviewing and the controversy surrounding the selection of a Late Nite Ride Service director were not needed in the first place. Sharat Shenoy, the current LNRS director, will be next year's director despite...

Some student workers at NIU are complaining about a wage increase. Longtime student employees at the Founders Memorial Library say the 45 cent increase in the minimum wage is unfair because new student employees will be paid the same rate as them. "I...

A Board of Regents personnel transaction policy has proved itself successful again this year. Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves' March report states that out of 1,036 personnel transactions at the three Regency schools from September 1990 to February...

A sign in a residence hall window that read "kill a faggot" has prompted an investigation to determine if the message is a violation of NIU's judicial code. Senior Joe Peraino, an art history major, said he filed a complaint after noticing the computer...

Many hands reached out to help those left homeless by Wednesday's wall fire and flooding at the DeKalb Center. Building and Community Services Director Bill Nicklas said many people were busy Thursday caring for and moving people from 13 separate apartments...

Shopping students were stopped for a while Wednesday after NIU approved, then cancelled, then approved again a discount clothing merchant. Einarsen Industries of Dubuque, Iowa, talked with NIU officials for about a week to make sure it was okay to sell...

The Minority Leaders Fellowship Program has selected Colleen Halliman, a junior communication studies major, to participate in a 10-week program to be held in Washington, D.C. this summer. The three year-old program is sponsored by The Washington Center,...

DeKalb residents will be saying good-bye and good-riddance to some hazardous waste this Saturday. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has scheduled a household hazardous waste collection project for the DeKalb area. The DeKalb County Farm Bureau...

Bilingual education helps to mainstream immigrants into American society without creating alienation and feelings of failure, according to two teachers speaking at NIU Wednesday. "We have people in high school which do not speak English. We have to gradually...