The statistics are often shocking: Nearly one-fourth of college females have been or will be raped or sexually assaulted before they graduate. As many as 90 percent of victims will know their attacker. As little as 1 to 10 percent report their experience....

Residents of 13 counties in northern Illinois can do more to increase highway safety than just fastening their seat belts. A program available to local residents offers classes in how to ride a motorcycle or improve their riding skills to beginning and...

A second petition was submitted to the Student Association Supreme Court concerning the constitutionality of former Senate Speaker Joe Annunzio's impeachment. Chief Justice Carolyn Eichner said she received Annunzio's second petition Monday. The petition...

Two NIU Interfraternity and Panhellenic Council executive board positions have been created this semester to help fraternities and sororities coordinate individual scholarship programs. Jeff Przybylo, IFC education vice president, and Michelle Martino,...

Due to a reduction in employees and the expansion of NIU's campus, the NIU Physical Plant has a backlog of 22,000 hours of identified work to be done in academic and administrative buildings. A streamlining of plant operations has caused a reduction of...

Although the suspected arson fire on the 10th floor of Stevenson Towers North occurred four hours after residence hall night security went on duty, floor residents do not believe they are living among the persons responsible. Tim Taylor, a 10th floor...

Faculty upset over pay raise recommendation Some NIU faculty are disgusted with the Illinois Board of Higher Education's staff recommendation of a 5 percent salary increase. The IBHE's orginal request for a 10 percent increase was reduced to 5 percent...

A few weeks ago, NIU President John LaTourette expressed his frustration about the lack of a state commitment to properly fund education. The exasperated administrator suggested (and this is a paraphrase) that he would throw himself in front of a train...

A hearing on the proposed expansion of the DeKalb County Landfill will begin March 1. Rodney Engstrom, owner of the landfill located on Saumanak Road in Cortland, said he expects that the 38-acre site will be filled to capacity by summer. There has not...

Political hats soon will be tossed into the gubernatioral ring in Illinois, and a majority of Illinois residents would like to see the next governor's stay in Springfield limited to eight years. Accordingly to a recent NIU poll, 62 percent of Illinois...

NIU might have missed a chance to block the expansion of the University of Illinoin's off-campus engineering program into areas that could conflict with NIU's own program. Bob Wallhaus, deputy director for academic affairs at the Illinois Board of Higher...

Indiana Jones where are you now? Although it might not possess artifacts that would make the great Dr. Jones challenge the Temple of Doom, the NIU Anthropology Museum boasts a rather impressive collection. Located on the first floor of the Stevens Building,...