Student Association Senate Speaker Joe Annunzio's idea to remove some of the "dead weight" from the senate might have been a bit unorthodox, but it was far from "frivolous." On the contrary, the issue is worthy of serious consideration. It is the senators...

An increase in the number of class sections offered next semester will be one result of the $125 tuition surcharge approved by the Board of Regents in September. James Norris, dean of NIU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said more class sections...

NIU President John LaTourette said he has "documented evidence" that CHANCE counselor Martha Palmer has known the reasons for her dismissal "all along," although Palmer has maintained the opposite to be true. LaTourette said Monday that reasons for Palmer's...

The DeKalb City Council authorized the city manager Monday to select a replacement for Police Chief Joe Maciejewski, who announced he will retire Feb. 18. Maciejewski, 65, did not release a statement to the press and said he would not discuss his retirement...

One week after the election of Vice President George Bush to the presidency, three NIU administrators expressed their concerns that the nearly $3 trillion national deficit will not decrease under the leadership of the president-elect. Leonard Strickman,...

A faculty member who wants to do research and get funding for it must follow a long road before the research and consequent book or article is completed. Linda Schwarz, director of NIU's Office of Sponsored Projects, said a professor who wants to research...

Sycamore residents might be able ride Huskie buses in as early as two weeks if a contract regarding their use of the system is completed by Friday. The completion of the contract between Sycamore, the Student Association Mass Transit Board and the American...

A possible civil lawsuit against Sangamon State University President Durward Long for sexual harassment might be based on Long's attitude toward women rather than any specific incident. SSU Student Regent Brian Hopkins said there is a possibility that...

Today at 7 p.m. a funeral service will be held at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 615 N. First St., for NIU journalism professor Irvan Kummerfeldt. Kummerfeldt, 55, died Saturday night of a heart attack while he was working with his wife...

About 12 John Lennon Society members protested the city's loitering law Friday by marching from the Martin Luther King Memorial Commons to a downtown DeKalb bank where they joined several people at 1 p.m. for a sidewalk picnic. Dressed in army fatigues,...

NIU has seen a new breed of fraternity members roaming the streets of DeKalb since one man started a new chapter of the Kappa Sigma fraternity house this semester. Kappa Sigma President Bill Scheidhauer said, "I was an initiated member at the University...