Several NIU instructors questioned Board of Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves for details about the funding of Professor Clyde Wingfield's Washington "administrative assignment" Wednesday. At a special meeting of the NIU Faculty Assembly, Sociology Professor...

ALPHA: The Friends of Antiquity is presenting its 180th lecture series, which will highlight the architecture of ancient Egypt. Lecturer and professor Avra Liakos from the NIU School of Art has chosen "Ancient Egypt: Aspects of Death and Eternal Life"...

A public debate over whether there should be changes in the laws that govern lawsuits for malpractice will be presented today in the Moot Courtroom in Swen Parsons. The public is invited to the 3 p.m. debate titled, "Tort Reform or Deform," said Mike...

A group of students concerned about the firing of CHANCE counselor Martha Palmer met Wednesday with NIU Provost Kendall Baker to demand solutions for "the inequities, hypocrisies, scandals and deceptions of the Northern Illinois University administration."...

NIU is awaiting a decision from the Illinois Board of Higher Education to pass a proposal which would fund a program to recruit 100 more minority transfer students annually. Lynne Waldeland, NIU assistant provost, said the proposal stemmed from a Board...

Columnist's Note: This is the first in a series of occasional columns presenting the author's arbitrary thoughts, thought-provoking questions and wild suggestions. The Buck$ Stop Here Department: Budget cuts to higher education? Hah! That should be no...

Area residents who have had to travel to the Ecker Center for Mental Health in Elgin will now be able to seek their counseling in a new Sycamore office. The Ecker Center will open its doors at 1101 DeKalb Ave. to the people of Sycamore and the surrounding...

The DeKalb City Council has received a lot of attention lately after 7th Ward Alderman Mark Powell started making accusations that the council is a "rubber stamp" for proposals. But because of Powell's continual disruptions of meetings and attacks on...

NIU Anthropologist and Associate Professor William Fash will reveal the progress of his Copan Mosaics Project during a presentation at 8 p.m. today in the Holmes Student Center Heritage Room. Michael Gonzales, associate professor of history and acting...

Students angered by a hard-to-understand book, an allegedly ineffective teacher, and an excessively large class size walked out of their MATH 101 course the day before a test last week and started a petition outlining these problems, said Samantha Hellenga,...

Talented faculty, staff, students and alumni are encouraged to put an act together for NIU's first annual homecoming talent show, said Dave Reidy, show coordinator. Individuals or groups skilled in singing, dancing, comedy or variety acts can audition...

NIU's College of Education has been conducting a national search for the position of assistant dean and expects to make a final choice sometime in November. "We opened up the position due to the upcoming retirement of Assistant Dean Dr. Robert Karibinus,...