The NIU Executive Committee of the American Association of University Professors met Tuesday to discuss the faculty role in university decision-making, the chapter president said. In the discussion, several questions were raised concerning the College...

Some meteorology majors still feel as if they are being snowed by NIU officials who have not yet confirmed if they plan to drop the program. But meteorology professors believe the program will continue despite the financial concerns of the administration....

Unknown burglars crippled the NIU art visual communications program Sunday by stealing more than $12,000 in computer equipment from a classroom. The equipment—an Apple Macintosh computer, a laserwriter, an Apple II page monitor, a pagemaker and a keyboard...

The president of the United Farm Workers urged a group of about 200 people Tuesday to boycott grapes and push for farm workers' rights. Cesar Chavez, president of the United Farm Workers, spoke at Carl Sandburg Auditorium about the mistreatment of migrant...

Efforts to add the Black Entertainment Television station to local cable programming could become a reality if a $2.6 million upgrade plan goes through, representatives from Warner Cable say. DeKalb's franchise agreement with Warner Cable expires in May,...

How appropriate the political spirits came out for Halloween. So what if they started their Halloween hijinx 18 months ago. Halloween is a time of costumes, masks, tricks and treats. Bob Tisch came as a clown dressed as a candidate for the legislature....

Minority graduate students will have the chance to see how far their studies can take them at NIU's Black Graduate Student Association Reception. Worth H. Thomas, who currently works as the personnel director and political policy adviser to the Mississippi...

Halloween is a fun and exciting time for children and adults, but people should be aware of the dangers that can occur. Although dangerous incidents are rare, DeKalb police urge all parents to be especially cautious for any problems that might occur....

Although Provost Kendall Baker is beginning to correct what some felt were wrongdoings, he still receives a vote of "no confidence" from Faculty Senate member Sherman Stanage. "The Provost at the present time has my vote of ‘no confidence' in his statements,...

Over five years later and through a midst of challenges, NIU's offensive coordinator Mike Summers finds himself and his team at a very prestigious spot. Summers' offensive squad has battled its way towards the top of the NCAA team-rushing category—a...

DeKalb Police expect Halloween night to be filled with the usual assortment of annoying but harmless pranks. "We don't experience things like Detroit does with hundreds of fires in abandoned buildings," said DeKalb Police Lt. Dick Moudy. Moudy said police...

Halloween pranks began early Saturday when an unknown vandal smashed windows in five NIU buildings and stole a stuffed moose head from Montgomery Hall, police said. The vandal tipped over cement cigarette urns outside DuSable, Watson, Stevens, Cole and...