State funding for higher education in Illinois is the lowest in the country due to a lack of state support, NIU President John LaTourette said at a speech he gave Tuesday night, sponsored by the Economics Club. LaTourette said NIU is budgeted with $170...

TIPS, a Training course for Intervention Procedures by Servers of alcohol, will be offered at Otto's, 118 E. Lincoln Hwy. on Dec. 10. TIPS is part of Euclid Beverage, a Miller-project which educates bartenders, bouncers, waitresses and other bar employees...

Two NIU administrators contested on Tuesday charges by Black Student Union members and two Chicago-area legislators that the university is a racist institution. Ken Beasley, assistant to NIU President John LaTourette, said that "out of the nearly 30,000...

Several plans for flood prevention and stormwater management were presented by DeKalb's Engineering Division and the firm Donohue & Associates of Itasca to the DeKalb City Council in a meeting Monday. At the meeting, Public Works Director Ron Naylor...

Students wanting to voice their concern about the lack of visibility by NIU President John LaTourette during rallies and demonstrations concerning racial tensions on campus made an unscheduled visit to the president's office last Friday. About 30 students...

A Student Association budget deficit for off-campus printing required the senate Sunday to transfer about $883 from unused summer 1988 salaries to cover the shortfall. SA Treasurer Diana Turowski told the senate the line item transfer is necessary because...

The DeKalb Police Department has implemented a Drug Investigation and Enforcement Unit to combat domestic violence by substance abusers. DeKalb Police Sgt. Charles Kross said the task force is operational but that he was "not going to say a lot about...

The Illinois Board of Higher Education will vote today on a tuition guidelines policy for Illinois public colleges which the Board of Regents plan to vote down. The Regents made the decision to vote against the policy last week on the recommendation of...

University Police are investigating a criminal sexual assault that occurred this weekend in Neptune Residence Hall. "At the present time, it is an active case and we are following up on leads," UP Lt. Ron Williams said. Williams could not say if the department...

Since this is my last column for the semester and possibly even longer, I decided it's time for me to make amends with some of you whom I might have offended this semester. I was going through my mounds of press releases when I came across some valuable...

Two Delta Upsilon fraternity members engaged in a fight Saturday night at Otto's, 118 E. Lincoln Highway, which resulted in one being thrown through the bar's front window. Dean Chalmers threw Chris Martin through the east side of the outside front door,...

The U.S. Census Bureau announced that the median American age will rise to almost 39 by the year 2010, the highest point it has ever been estimated to reach. The median age (meaning the age level at which half of all Americans are older and half are younger)...