NIU's Graduate Council reported Monday that rising costs and insufficient funds are driving NIU's libraries into a budget crisis. Libraries could experience a 10 percent decline in purchasing power if there is no increase in their proposed budget for...

Your friend, professor, sister or brother could be a homosexual. A Gay/Lesbian Union panel stressed Monday to a small, but vocal audience that any type of person can be homosexual. "There's really no difference between you and me," panel member Leanne...

The NIU Counseling and Student Development Center has stopped giving new appointments for psychotherapy treatment except for emergency cases and continuing patients. We are "not really turning (patients) away ... but limiting what we can offer," said...

Students might be able to run their own credit union next fall if space allows. The Holmes Student Center board supported a student credit union idea Monday, but asked for a space feasibility study to be done. The board "formally endorsed the concept,"...

Taxes—not Illinois students—should be forced to carry the burden of a tuition increase on their shoulders. This is what supporters of the proposed tuition freeze said Monday at NIU during one of nine Illinois Student Associaton news conferences held...

Bringing industries to small towns in rural areas was the focus of a seminar Monday at NIU, in which the Illinois lieutenant governor spoke. About 30 small town representatives heard plans for an upcoming Illinois trade show and suggestions from Illinois...

A former Lincoln Hall resident assistant who was fired last week for alleged underage drinking took his case to the RA appeals board Monday. Mike Sorensen, 20, 602 Stevenson Towers South, was removed from his RA position March 31. He also lost a job opportunity...

National Hispanic Month is celebrated across the country during April and for the first time will be celebrated at NIU and in DeKalb. Festivities began yesterday with a flag ceremony at the King Memorial Commons at noon. A group of high school students...

After receiving over $490,000 from the Illinois Department of Transportation, NIU's Motorcycle Safety Project will be better funded to teach student cyclists operating, riding and street skills. This award will be used for an ongoing project to train...

More minority students are applying to the NIU College of Law, and the number of minorities enrolled in state law schools also is on the rise. According to an American Bar Association survey, 22 percent more minority students are enrolled in law schools...

NIU's reputation as a teacher's school has remained a tradition. College of Education Dean Charles Stegman said the college began as a school for teacher preparation in 1895. It began developing and still holds a strong reputation because of "a strong...

NIU education majors entering the job market this fall can attend the fifth NIU Mid-America Teacher Placement Days today. The fair will feature brief interviews between school administrators and education majors in the Holmes Student Center's Duke Ellington...