Foreign language department administrators plan to keep the Foreign Language Learning Center open an additional night per week next semester, despite a recent decline in use of current night hour usage. The center, located in the Watson Hall basement,...

Two student Regents agree that the proposal to separate NIU from the Board of Regents is not likely to pass as a bill in the state legislature. NIU Student Regent Nick Valadez said he can see merits in the proposal made by Sen. Patrick Welch, D-Peru,...

Some former members of the now-defunct Coalition of Students for All Students said the coalition was created to ensure that members were elected to the Student Association senate. The coalition was successful in that regard; of 30 coalition members, 29...

State Rep. John Countryman, R-DeKalb, said he would support a bill to be submitted by State Sen. Patrick Welch, D-Peru, which would separate NIU from the Board of Regents governing system. Welch said he would submit the bill to the state legislature this...

A fraternity party regulation that would restrict the serving of alcohol past 3:30 a.m. on weekends was discussed at Tuesday's Interfraternity Council meeting. One Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity representative said at the meeting that several members of...

A resident of Grant Towers North was arrested by University Police Tuesday and charged with simple battery after his resident assistant reported being pushed and struck in the head. A UP report said Ronaldo Ortiz, 20, 475 Grant Towers North, beat on his...

The reign of NIU's 1988 Homecoming king and queen will involve a lot more than "just wearing the crown for a day." Willie Fowler, a junior political science major, and Marthony Longo, a junior special education major, were elected last weekend to reign...

Professors and researchers from across the globe are at NIU today for the 10th annual conference meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. The academic conference, which started Wednesday and will continue through...

In an effort to meet the NIU community, several Republican candidates passed out campaign literature at the Martin Luther King Memorial Commons Wednesday afternoon. DeKalb County coroner candidate Faye Allen said, "We (candidates) are here trying to meet...

Color illustrations of the proposed Master Plan, a timeline of possible improvements for the NIU campus, were distributed to and discussed by Faculty Assembly members Wednesday. In July 1986, Eddie Williams, vice president for finance and planning, received...

The Board of Regents recently was contacted by "a prominent Springfield attorney" saying that a Sangamon State University student might file a sexual harassment complaint against that university's president, said SSU Student Regent Brian Hopkins. He said...

The NIU Parking Committee will discuss necessary repairs for the College of Engineering's parking lot at the committee's regular meeting today at 2 p.m. in room 105 of the Art Building. The committee discussed at its Oct. 20 meeting whether the college's...