Jorge Fonseca was one of the NIU students who presented an assembley last Wednesday afternoon at Farragut High School in Chicago. Farragut has experienced several incidents of racial tension and gang violence this year. "Both the black and Hispanic populations...

Four university officials will hold an open forum Thursday to question the future and funding of Illinois higher education. The panel discussion, sponsored by NIU's Social Science Research Institute, will offer students, faculty and others a chance to...

Three area legislators are asking the Illinois Board of Higher Education to use caution when examining NIU's Hoffman Estates project. And officials at Roosevelt University are getting ready to protest the NIU extension to the IBHE. State Sen. Virginia...

NIU students may soon be able to enroll in a major that will "train them for life." NIU physical education professor Ed Thomas has proposed a major in "Restorative and Martial Arts," which will positively transform students both physically and mentally....

Mayor Greg Sparrow is blasting the four council members who voted against his nominee for 3rd Ward alderman Monday night. Sparrow charged members who voted against nominee Gary Wiggins had either a personal or political vendetta against himself, Wiggins...

A fight that sent two NIU students to the hospital and brought charges against three football players have NIU officials scrambling for details. Formal complaints against the players were lodged with NIU's Judicial Office on Tuesday. DeKalb Police charged...

Although record-breaking temperatures and heavy rains pounded the northern Illinois area Tuesday, winter should be here this weekend. Dale Helgerson, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Rockford, said the mercury climbed to 65 degrees early...

Burglars made off with thousands of dollars in electronics from an NIU fraternity house in one of a rash of Thanksgiving break thefts. Fours stereos, five televisions, two video tape recorders, two computers, three speaker sets, two video games and one...

The 1990 football campaign for the NIU Huskies is over. It is time to pack away the pads and the helmets until spring drills. Although the Huskies finished a disappointing 6-5, head coach Jerry Pettibone and his staff have a few months to review the season...

NIU teachers are sounding off in favor of the Student Association teacher evaluations, but fewer than 10 percent of faculty have signed up to participate in the voluntary program. Of NIU's 1,300 faculty members, SA Academic Affairs adviser Colleen Halliman...

Not everyone is taking the prediction of an earthquake on the New Madrid fault next week seriously. Iben Browning, a physiologist from New Mexico, is predicting a quake that could be as large as the one that devastated San Francisco last October. The...

Founders Memorial Library is an integral part of the learning experience at NIU, said NIU Libraries Director. Peggy Sullivan said that the activities used in gathering resources represent the contributions of academic libraries to the Learning Society...