SPRINGFIELD—Contract bids for the repair of the Holmes Student Center tower will go to the Board of Regents for approval at today's Regents meeting. NIU President John LaTourette said Wednesday that if the bids are approved today, reconstruction of...

An application filed Nov. 4 for an extension adding 15 years of life to the DeKalb County Landfill will be up for review by the DeKalb County Board sometime between Feb. 2 and March 4. The local landfill extension would involve either a vertical expansion...

Once upon a time there was my cousin, Ken. Ken was a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin at Madison in the cold, wintry December of 1982, when this little story took place. My cousin and the two friends with whom he lived were having rough times...

WNIU's search for a new home might finally be over. NIU will borrow $650,000 from the NIU Foundation to convert the former Palmer Music Building, located on the far east side of campus, into a new NIU broadcast center, said Tom Montiegel, NIU vice president...

DeKalb is one of 74 Illinois communities cited by the Illinois Department of Revenue for collecting too much money from a taxing district created to encourage economic development. Under the state's Tax Increment Financing program, money collected in...

In a continuing effort to increase enrollment, NIU's physical therapy program is trying to fill three full-time faculty positions for the fall 1989 semester. Mary Jane Harris, physical therapy program coordinator, said the program must have five full-time...

SPRINGFIELD - NIU students might be asked to pay another fee if the Board of Regents approves a $1 refundable fee for the Illinois Student Association at the board meeting today in Springfield. The Regents' finance and facilities committee decided to...

Many of us involved with the care of Dale Spenser wish to thank each and every member of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity who was at the Kishwaukee Hospital Emergency Department the night of Dale's tragic accident. The night of Dale's accident, not only was...

NIU President John LaTourette recently slated $100,000 to increase the salaries of minority faculty members in compliance with NIU's affirmative action plan, beginning with fiscal year 1989. The funds are intended to pay any academic department two-thirds...

NIU is one step closer to seeing a security phone system installed on campus after the Student Association's referendum passed by 64 percent Tuesday. The phone system would cost each student a maximum of $3.24, and students would see the one-time fee...

The DeKalb City Council said Monday it would encourage development of a local shopping mall and expressed disapproval that DeKalb County Board members voted against selling land to Wilmorite, Inc. for an enclosed shopping center. DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow...

A report presented at the Student Association Mass Transit Board meeting Monday stated that the number of passengers riding Huskie buses decreased by about 220,000 last semester. A report prepared by Graduate Assistant Robin Purdy-Lee states that 1,421,818...