A study conducted by the Board of Regents shows improved retention rates for black students at NIU, both those admitted as freshman and as transfer students. The study divides the students into two groups, one of which is those admitted through regular...

A warm wind is blowing over the strange land of Iran. Where once a frigid attitude permeated the power seats of the country, it now seems there may be some slight reason for hope. Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani has taken the reigns in war-torn Iran...

Ashley Sweda, new trip coordinator for NIU's Office of Campus Recreation, plans to establish multi-dimensional programming that is attractive to all types of people. Sweda said he intends to look at the needs of different subgroups of people and plan...

The country's waste disposal problem is growing worse every year, and as America's dumps continue to fill, the nation is faced with the inevitable question of what to do with its waste. Many believe the solution is recycling. In an attempt to meet this...

Insufficient ventilation might have been a factor in an accident that resulted in the death of one man and injured five others at A.O. Smith Harvestore Products Inc. An Earlville man died at the agricultural industry plant, located at 345 Harvestore Drive,...

The DeKalb County Exposition Authority Board voted last Wednesday to apply for certification to receive $12 million in state funds for construction of a DeKalb County civic center. DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow, who is also board secretary, said at the board...

Calling a DeKalb civic center a "positive opportunity" for the Board of Regents and NIU, the board unanimously approved $4 million in Regency funds Thursday for the center's construction and operating costs. The board, which governs NIU, Sangamon State...

NIU officials are voicing different opinions of proposed changes in Board of Regents policies that Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves introduced to clarify what he described as "convoluted and ambiguous language." According to the three-page proposal,...

My girlfriend told me that many of my columns are nostalgic. Sure they are. I write about some of my kiddy memories because it seems most of the things that meant something back then mean nothing now. I also write about many of my memories because I don't...

Plans to build a permanent NIU branch campus in Rockford suffered a setback when Gov. James Thompson vetoed $500,000 Thursday for locating a site and construction costs. The Illinois General Assembly approved to amend the Board of Regents' fiscal year...

A national higher education faculty shortage projected for the mid-1990s already has hit NIU, according to assistant provost Frank Nowik. A recent survey by the American Council on Education said half the universities involved in the study are having...

University Police are looking for a suspect who is wanted for indecent exposure. UPs said the alleged offender is a white male about 43 years of age. According to a description of the suspect, he has brown hair, balding on top, brown frame glasses, lenses...