NIU President John La Tourette's Fee Study Committee is considering a request for an increase in The Northern Star student fee despite opposition by some committee members. Star Faculty Adviser Jerry Thompson said the increase, from eight to 15 cents...

WNIU is waiting to move into a new auxiliary station in Rockford. The station will house the Northern Illinois Radio Information Service (NIRIS), a radio channel for the blind, WNIU General Manager Michael Lazar said. The station also will be the base...

A noon anti-racism rally will counter Black Muslim leader Louis Farrakhan's lecture Tuesday. The Hillel Jewish Student Organization will sponsor the rally in the King Memorial Commons. Farrakhan's speech is at 8 p.m. at the Chick Evans Field House. The...

More than 75 agencies will be recruiting and handing out information today at the Holmes Student Center for Nursing Careers Day. The event is geared toward undergraduates looking for internships and graduates looking for jobs, but the public is welcome,...

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...

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...