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...

A week after a tornado ripped through Plainfield, an NIU commuter is just beginning to put the remaining pieces of her life back together. Kris Bullmer is a divorced mother of three grade-school age children in her mid-30s. A full-time senior special...

The reported Aug. 29 sexual assault of an NIU student was unfounded, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Police said Friday. "After extensive interviews and investigation, it has been determined that the reported crime was unfounded," police said. The police...

NIU students looking for a place to live in coming years will have 180 more choices when the planned College Park complex is finished. Plans are underway for the new apartment complex to be built on the corner of Annie Glidden Road and an extended Hillcrest...

Now is not the time to be swept away by the joy of the impending $500,000 for NIU's educational programs in Rockford. The Illinois Board of Higher Education meets this week in Decatur at Milikin University and is expected to give their stamp of approval...

Last year's proposal for a Student Life Building to alleviate cramped quarters in the Holmes Student Center is still alive, but with a new face. Last January, an investigation into the available space in the student center was revived by the Student Center...

NIU students have the power to affect the outcome of city, county and state races in DeKalb if they register to vote and cast their ballots in DeKalb on election day, Tuesday Nov. 6. Kagan said the student vote will make a difference in next year's city...

The current NIU campus safety organization does not have the expertise to properly address campus safety concerns, a Student Association adviser said Saturday. SA Campus Welfare Adviser Curt Stein said he wants to develop a task force this year made of...

Yep, it's one of those Tuesdays that feels like a Monday. The extra day let us get out of work and classes and gave us a chance to party, relax and not think about anything important. Whether you did or not is your fault. So why did we get this long weekend...

Genesis is not only the beginning of the Bible; it is also the new theme of NIU's Student Association. The acronym for Genesis is "Growing EN-volves Every Student in Synchronization," which was created by advertising committee adviser John Quilico. The...