Funding might be approved for the renovation of Watson Creek, which runs through NIU's campus, to help stop spring floods resulting from excessive rainfall and melting snow. The Illinois Board of Higher Education approved $613,700 for the project, but...

A space availability problem at the Holmes Student Center might warrant the need for an addition, but some members of a space study committee want to be sure all usable space is occupied before plans for renovations are developed. The Student Services...

(AP)_European Common Market governments decided Monday to withdraw their top diplomats from Iran to protest Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's renewed order for Moslems to kill novelist Salman Rushdie. Britain went even further by pulling out its entire embassy...

NIU and the National College of Education have joined forces to help employees at Forest Hospital in Des Plaines receive credit toward family counseling degrees. The class offered for NIU credit is titled "Theories of Family Therapy" and is taught by...

Homeowners can revitalize their outdoor property this spring through neighborhood improvement loans offered by the city of DeKalb. Under the Neighborhood Rehabilitation Grant/Loan Program, DeKalb residents can apply for home improvement grants and no-interest...

Controversy over the newly drafted fraudulent registration policy showed signs of settling after a committee discussed suggestions from members of the University Council. The UC Academic Policy Committee met Wednesday after the council asked it to revise...

The Student Association senate unanimously approved Michael Stumpf as the new SA academic affairs adviser at the Feb. 12 senate meeting. Stumpf replaces Darnell Williams, who did not return to NIU this semester due to financial reasons, said SA President...

Although DeKalb has been experiencing fair weather for January, the NIU Physical Plant is prepared for the worst with a $600,000 budget at their disposal. Funds for snow removal are included in the general budget, which includes the salaries of employees...

The next time the Huskie soccer players take the field, they'll be facing the best. The National Champion Indiana Hoosiers will play NIU coach Willy Roy's squad March 26 at the Odeum Indoor Soccer Facility in Villa Park. The contest, which will be called...

In an effort to make faculty salaries at Regency universities more competitive, the Board of Regents Thursday approved salary increases for faculty promoted to associate and full professors beginning this semester. NIU and Illinois State University faculty...

The possible establishment of an NIU faculty senate will be discussed at the Faculty Assembly meeting Wednesday in room 505 of the Holmes Student Center. University Council Executive Secretary Judy Bischoff, who also served on last year's faculty senate...

Soon I will be deported. Before the feds come and get me, I want to set down my tale of descent into NIU Bureaucratic Hell. In early December I was hired to be the Star's feature editor for this semester. Since I am a graduate student who holds an assistantship,...