NIU employees who think they've been passed up for better jobs by minorities are unaware of a training program incorporated into the university which temporarily places minorities into departmental positions. The program came to attention when a report...

With the lowest voter turnout in Student Association history, students voted Preston Came to be the next president by more than a 3-1 margin. Came took 959 of the 1,259 votes that were cast, giving his opponent, Kelly Marie McDonald, 273 votes. There...

Unless nearly three times more students vote today than Wednesday, this year's Student Association executive elections will have the lowest turnout in at least 10 years. SA Elections Commissioner Alfred Tatum said about 800 ballots were cast Wednesday,...

Newly-elected Student Association Vice President John Quilico said he wants to clean up the vice presidential office after it ran into so much trouble this year. Quilico, who ran unopposed and took 768 votes in the elections, said he sympathized with...

The DeKalb City Council proposed its considerations for the fiscal year 1991-92 budget Wednesday night. City Manager Mark Stevens presented a review for FY91 and a preliminary overview of the FY92 preliminary priorities and issues. "It is estimated that...

Exotic food and movies about foreign lands are among the ways NIU will celebrate different cultures next week. International Relations Week was organized "to increase the awareness of international students on campus," said Chandru Shankar, president...

Extra compensation paid to NIU faculty and staff rose almost 16 percent during the Fall 1990 semester. NIU doled out $642,374 in extra pay to faculty and staff last semester, an increase from the $554,771 paid during the fall of 1989, according to Board...

In an effort to open Springfest ‘91 to more diverse groups, the recreation department will not separate greeks in their own division or allow greek abbreviations in team names. Pete Adrian, Springfest coordinator, said by changing the bracketing, Springfest...

Students can talk about next year's fee increases at an open forum on Tuesday. The forum will be held in the Holmes Student Center's Heritage Room from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for any student interested in listening to an explanation of the fee increases...

"Stamp out Homophobia" is the theme of this year's Gay/Lesbian Awareness Week. Events of the week, which includes Jeans Day, will run from April 1 until April 5. David Huggins, co-president of the Gay/Lesbian Union, said the goal of Gay/Lesbian Awareness...

There are more students in the Regency system this spring than last spring. The Regency system, which includes NIU, Illinois State University in Normal and Sangamon State University in Springfield, saw a 1.7 percent increase this semester in the total...

The University Honors Program is interviewing three finalists this week in search of a new director. Communication Studies Professor Jeff Chown, English Professor James Giles and University Honors Program Assistant Director James Marett were selected...