James Harder, NIU vice president for business and operations, recently accepted the NIU Holmes Student Center Bookstore Evaluation Committee's recommendation to retain NIU-ownership of the bookstore. The recommendation was made at the committee's Dec....

After protests by Sycamore merchants, a proposal to sell county farm land for the development of a shopping mall was defeated by the DeKalb County Board at its meeting Wednesday, but the dispute could resurface in several months. The motion to sell 113...

A convicted murderer, whose attempted escape routed him through parts of DeKalb County and ended in Sycamore Sept. 26, received an additional 30 years to his prison sentence Thursday after abductiong a Kendall County farmer during his flight. During a...

Bryan Sims knew something was a little fishy when his boss told him to move some helicopter equipment one day in 1986. His superiors at the Corpus Christi, Texas Naval Air Station were asking him to transfer parts from a Huey helicopter to a search-and-rescue...

General funds of $40,000 have been released to the Sycamore Armory for renovation purposes, Rep. John Countryman, R-DeKalb, said. "The Sycamore Armory has been under a renovation process for the last two or three years," Countryman said. "The money released...

A proposal by the Illinois Board of Higher Education to make tougher college entrance requirements optional, rather than mandatory, will not directly affect admissions to NIU. Admissions Director Dan Oborn said if the new requirements, expected to take...

A resolution concerning the disbanding of the little sister program at NIU fraternities was passed Tuesday night at the first Interfraternity Council meeting of the semester. IFC President Jim Valentine said the termination of the little sister program...

With about $500 million of state funds remaining from an unsuccessful attempt to build the Superconducting Super Collider in Illinois, state universities are hoping to grab a portion of the leftovers to fund additional science and technology projects....

Republicans and Democrats are banding together in the DeKalb community to support a senate bill that would grant NIU its own governing system. Senate Bill 0001, submitted by Sen. Patrick Welch, D-Peru, would remove NIU from the Board of Regents' control...

By this time of the year, even the most well-intended of resolutions made for the new year have become just that—well intended. Now come on, you can admit it. It does seem to be the perfect time to put the past behind and break forth into the New Year...

Two NIU students will spend their spring semester conducting research at prestigous national nuclear laboratories through a two-year-old program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. The pair, both enrolled in NIU's honors program, are Christopher...

NIU graduates with ambition to succeed in life, as well as polished communication skills, will have excellent chances of finding promising jobs, when they enter the work force, according to Gary Scott, director of NIU Career Planning and Placement. Scott...