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...

A Chicago man who stole a local pizza delivery van early Sunday morning drove to Joliet before the truck ran out of gas. Norman G. Toppel, 18, allegedly stole a Pizza Villa van while its driver entered the 824 W. Lincoln Hwy. store to get more deliveries,...

After trying to break up a fight Feb. 12 at Hardee's, the night manager and acting-president of NIU's BROTHERS was arrested and charged with battery. Michael G. Bonds, 20, Evanston, Ill., was an employee of Hardee's, 1101 W. Lincoln Hwy., for 14 months...

A proposed student apartment complex might crowd further the city's west side, the DeKalb City Planning Commission said Monday. The DeKalb Plan Commission voted 5-0 Feb. 14 to change the zoning at 1315 W. Lincoln Hwy. from a community shopping district...

The debate about student representation on the Joint University Advisory Committee is still cause for conflict between NIU students and faculty. NIU Student Regent Bob Tisch said he alone cannot represent student interests to the Board of Regents and...

Although DeKalb County has a low unemployment rate, county officials are trying to bring in new businesses to increase employment. DeKalb County unemployment was at 5.3 percent in December, 1989, according to a study by the Illinois Department of Employment...

Safe Play Inc., one of the four companies which bid to replace NIU and Illinois State University stadium turf has lodged a formal complaint against the Board of Regents. Safe Play, which submitted the lowest of four bids, charges the Board of Regent's...

Clyde Wingfield, former NIU president who resigned in 1986 amidst an investigation into the costs of renovating his campus home, is being considered for a similar job in Arkansas. A tenured professor in NIU's Political Science Department, Wingfield said...