The recladding of the Holmes Student Center, originally scheduled to begin in May, will begin Monday to allow the project to be completed before this winter. The project is expected to cost about $2,465,400. Depending on weather conditions, the completion...

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AP) - Inmates holding more than 500 women and children hostages in a prison farm on Monday demanded an airplane to take them to Cuba, a prison official said. At least seven people - four guards and three inmates - were killed...

In an attempt to keep NIU's staff nationally competitive, university administrators would like to increase their salaries to at least equal the national median. Compared to national median salaries for the 1988-89 academic year, institutions comparable...

Two student regents have expressed concern about excess spending by the Board of Regents—NIU's governing body—in operational and administrative areas. At Thursday's Regents meeting, NIU Student Regent Nick Valadez said it is difficult to explain what...

NIU political science professor Jon Miller has been chosen as the national lecturer for Sigma Xi, the national scientific honorary society dedicated to promote research, until 1991. Each year, the Sigma Xi Lectureship Program chooses a number of leading...

A recent student survey shows that almost 94 percent of NIU students agree the NIU smoking policy implemented Sept. 1 should be continued. Of the 842 students asked, 51.4 percent were very satisfied with the policy, 93.4 percent said they wanted the policy...

Although two of the four drug-related arrests in DeKalb Friday involved NIU students, wide-spread university drug connections are not suspected in the case. DeKalb County Sheriff Roger Scott said a "major" involvement with NIU students and the individuals...

Student lobbying efforts at Illinois State University in Normal appear to be the cause of recent plans by Sen. John Maitland, R-Bloomington, to throw ISU's hat in the separate governing board ring. Sen. Patrick Welch, D-Peru, said recently that he believes...

A DeKalb Police and Fire Department investigation into Friday morning's Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity house fire has led to the arrest of one fraternity member. Christopher Leman, 20, 1300 Blackhawk Road, was charged by DeKalb Police with reckless conduct...

As there has been much media attention about the incident on 3C in Grant Towers North, I hope that you will print this letter. I am not going to deal with the facts, but actually the aftermath of the fire in my room. Many emotions ran through my mind...

The DeKalb Police Department is investigating a fight involving members of the NIU football team and the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. Police were summoned to the Phi Kap house, 1020 W. Hillcrest Drive, at about 1 a.m. Friday morning after four or five...

A recent survey of 360 accounting professors nationwide rates NIU's accounting department as the sixth best in the nation. The survey, conducted by the Public Accounting Report, a bi-weekly newsletter, asked the professors which schools they consider...