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...

Teaching is a profession that is in short supply, at least according to the latest reports from the National Education Association. However, this claim has become the subject of some debate between the NEA and another national education group in recent...

NIU students will know what the Student Association is doing, said the group's public relations adviser. The SA's promise of change this year will be linked to the public through Public Relations Adviser Lara Cipolla, who wants to get the word out and...

Faculty involvement in NIU operations and procedures got a boost last week with the forming of a new academic organization. NIU's Faculty Senate held its first meeting Wednesday. For the first time in NIU history, every faculty division will be represented...

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...