The Student Association is trying to make Students' Legal Assistance attorneys' jobs more stable and competitive by asking NIU to pay for more benefits. The status of attorneys Don Henderson and Lynn Richards would change from independent contractors...

Children with unresolved feelings from their divorced or deceased parents can attend a local support group to learn to cope with these feelings of loss. Rainbows, originally created by a Rockford Catholic church, is a nation-wide organization aimed at...

Malcolm X is America's Nelson Mandela, according to a Cornell University professor who lectured Monday night. James Turner, a professor of Afro-American studies, said Malcolm X was assassinated rather than imprisoned like black South African leader Mandela....

Former NIU President Clyde Wingfield gets rave reviews or no comments from NIU references listed on his resume. Wingfield, who stepped down from the presidency in 1986 amidst an investigation into money spent on his rent-free campus home, is being considered...

NIU students might pay at least $55 more in fees next year. President John La Tourette's Fee Study Committee will present the fee recommendations to La Tourette, who will use the information to make recommendations to the board in March. The board will...

DeKalb's Taylor Municipal Airport serves a diverse population, including students, beginning pilots and business executives. Taylor Municipal Airport, 2100 E. Pleasant St., offers charter flights geared toward businesses as well as instruction and equipment...

NIU Amnesty International is currently accepting tapes from local bands for "Jamnesty," a concert Amnesty will sponsor on April 23 at Hopkins Park. AI-NIU President Donna Lundstrom said the event will include five local bands and a few brief speakers....

Attorneys will make sure they have the same information about Lisa M. Garretson's death in 1988 at a discovery motion today. William Brady, counsel for Brent M. Hooghkirk, 18, and counsel from the State's Attorney's Office will share information about...

A losing company in the bid to replace NIU and Illinois State University's stadium turf will take legal action if the Board of Regents refuses to rebid the project. Safe Play, which submitted the lowest of four bids, charges that the board's selection...

A recent annual survey revealed how entering freshmen applying to college feel about topics ranging from drug testing to intended majors. The American Council on Education and the University of California at Los Angeles conducted the survey of more than...

Faced with a decrease in chargeable credit hours, NIU's Business and Operations Division requested a 9.2 percent student bond fee increase, from $219.12 to $239.28 per year for full-time students. Pat Hewitt, NIU associate vice president for business...

NIU's Student Association president claims the impeachment process could have been avoided. SA President Huda Scheidelman told three students at Monday's press conference if the petitioners, senators James Mertes and Galvin Kennedy, asked questions about...