The NIU Ombudsman is being reviewed, and the Ombudsman Review Committee wants input from students, faculty and staff before deciding to keep him for another term. The purpose of the ombudsman's office is to help students with problems they have with the...

Friday, Feb. 2 is NIU's Invitational Jazz Day, Directed by Ron Modell, NIU music faculty member and director of NIU's Jazz Ensemble. Local area high schools and NIU's Jazz Band will be participating in the event, held in the Music Building's Concert Hall...

The NIU library director voiced concerns about sky-rocketing costs of library materials and severe space shortages at a Board of Regents meeting Wednesday. Librarians spoke to members of the BOR Academic and Student Affairs Committee in response to board...

The Interfraternity Council is trying to work with the university by improving its Judicial Board for better self-government. IFC President Rob Martin said he worked over the semester break with Greek Adviser Mary Ronan and Michelle Emmett, director of...

A former NIU chemistry professor died Monday morning from a long bout with Alzheimer's disease. In the 29 years Frederick W. Rolf was an NIU chemistry professor, he was the NIU Chairman of the Athletic Board and received an outstanding service award from...

NORMAL_ Last year's educational tax paid for Regency faculties' standard of living increases, but instructors might be scraping by if salary increases are not approved. The past increases "just won't cover it this year," NIU President John La Tourette...

A DeKalb County judge denied bail Thursday for the DeKalb High School graduate accused of murdering Lisa Garretson. Brett M. Hooghkirk, 18, appeared calm and relaxed as Associate Judge Douglas Engel ordered him to remain in DeKalb County Jail without...

An NIU student was hit by a Huskie Line bus early yesterday morning on Greenbrier Road after becoming caught between the bus and a passing car, DeKalb police said Thursday. David A. Herda, 19, 242 Gilbert Hall, was treated and released from Kishwaukee...

NIU students are opposed to paying an extra $2 in student fees next year for a Martin Luther King statue. A Student Association referendum Wednesday asked if students would support a one-year $1 per semester fee for the statue, which would be placed in...

NORMAL_ A recent state law is mandating NIU and other Regency universities to raise admission requirements, despite criticism that the state should not be involved. The law states that effective in the fall of 1992, all students seeking to attend an Illinois...

George Keller from the University of Pennsylvania will give a lecture on "The Importance of Strategic Planning for Continuing Higher Education Leadership" on Monday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. in the Clara Sperling Skyroom of the Holmes Student Center. For more...

Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma Chi and Sigma Pi fraternities have been moved to different statuses after being reviewed by the university. Lambda Chi Alpha was on suspension spring semester 1989 for an alleged sexual assault on Dec. 2, 1988. The fraternity changed...