Despite a 2.6 percent decrease in applications, NIU will get enough students for the fall semester to meet the expected enrollment. Robert Burk, NIU admissions associate director said the university will be able to meet its goal of 3,200 new freshmen...

The night manager of a local fast food restaurant was arrested by DeKalb police early Monday morning after fighting with a customer. Michael G. Bonds, 20, Evanston, Ill., was arrested and charged with battery, police said. Bonds allegedly confronted a...

Screens partially blocking a controversial student art show in the Holmes Student Center were spray-painted by an unidentified person Friday. Student center staff discovered at about 3:30 p.m. "DON'T SCREEN ME!" painted across the screens, said Lisa Petersen,...

The Student Association has about a month to propose a voting district which is better than the current five-district system. District 1 Sen. Phill Buoscio postponed his petition which questioned the fairness of the current voting districts. Buoscio claims...

An NIU alumnus is raising a fuss over National Inventors Day. "If Groundhog Day can raise so much fuss, so should National Inventors Day," said Reece Franklin, a 1972 political science graduate and author of the book "Inventors Marketing Handbook." Franklin...

NIU students continued to pour into the Carl Sandburg Auditorium Thursday as the grand finale for Marketing Week began. More than 900 students went to hear Robert Kerrigan speak on "Power, Purpose and Promotion: The Dynamics of Achievement." American...

Talk of a possible impeachment of the Student Association's president was silenced at Sunday's senate meeting, although it will come up next week. Sen. James Mertes began discussion on the impeachment of President Huda Scheidelman, but was told by SA...

Passengers bound for home on a Greyhound bus Friday were jarred but not injured in the second accident involving a Huskie bus in the past week. A Route 4 Huskie Bus was turning right from Lucinda Avenue onto Normal Road when it was unable to get around...

Many faculty members said they have neutral or low morale as a result of their treatment at NIU, according to a survey. However, 30 percent reported their morale is very or somewhat high. The survey was conducted by NIU's branch of the American Association...

Teenage girls who opt for abortion might experience less psychological, economic and emotional distress than girls who choose to carry their pregnancy to term. The study, written by Laurie Schwab Zabin, Marilyn B. Hirsch and Mark R. Emerson said women...

A ban on homosexuals in the military is forcing NIU and other universities to question potentially discriminatory policies. The U.S. Department of Defense policy states, "Homosexuals' presence in the military would seriously impair discipline, good order,...

There is a way to help the hunger. NIU students did not have to go anywhere or do anything but sign their name and skip a meal once a month to help feed needy people. Skip-A-Meal is a volunteer campaign to help feed the homeless by skipping dinner on...