The NIU administrator who reinstated $850 for art show refreshments after the Student Association axed it from its budget believes too much is being made of too little money. "I'm somewhat amazed this has become an issue," said Barbara Henley, vice prasident...

After five years of trying, DeKalb homeboys Tar have finally put out their first full-length LP. And let me tell you, in one of the most disgusting years for new music in recent history, Tar's new record "Roundhouse" is like a cool spring breeze on a...

Between surrogate mothers renting womb space and custody battles for frozen embryos, the warp-speed rocket of biomedical ethics is headed for lunar soil. Six-month-old Marissa Eve Ayala is along for the latest rocky ride. Is it right to conceive a child...

A greek lettering licensing push to regulate logos on products is being called a scam by manufacturers and might create higher prices locally. In July, nine national sororities signed licensing aggreements with Greek Properties, Inc. The company promises...

DECATUR - NIU received the go-ahead to build a graduate studies center in Rockford at Wednesday's Illinois Board of Higher Education meeting. The IBHE unanimously approved NIU's long-awaited request to increase its educational presence in Rockford, about...

The Illinois Board of Higher Education will approve or reject a $1,450,700 proposal for improvement projects at NIU at its meeting Wednesday at Decatur's Millikin University. Improvements include: $500,000 for upgrading the fire system in the Holmes Student...

Problems at the troubled DeKalb Center complex are not over. City officials are warning Joseph Navilio, owner of the 1100 W. Lincoln Hwy. apartment complex, to pay up the money he owes the city before they pull his license to operate a rooming house....

While NIU and Illinois State University might receive alumni seats on the schools' governing board soon, Sangamon State University will have to wait for a vacancy. Gov. James Thompson has until Sunday to sign House Bill 2842, which would add two seats...

NIU students, along with those at other state universities, are borrowing more and earning less through work/study jobs to pay for their educations up front. An Illinois Board of Higher Education report on financial aid trends noted that college work/study...

An Iranian graduate student at California State University, Los Angeles, will speak at the NIU Marxist-Humanist Forum tonight at 8:30 in DuSable 202B. Cyrus Noveen, a Marxist-Humanist and an authority on Middle East affairs, will discuss the Iraqi crisis...

Minority recruitment and retention are two of the most pressing issues facing the legal profession today, according to the National Black Law Students Association (BLSA) Midwest Region. At the first Midwest Recruitment and Retention Conference, sponsored...

The past week's events hopefully will serve as a sobering reminder that college students aren't immortal. It's not a soapbox statement. During the past week, everyone in their early adult years got a little reality break. Young people die. Simple fact....