The Board of Regents' secret arrangement to give an NIU professor a year off with pay might send the wrong message to state legislators about the need for more higher education funding. State Sen. Patrick Welch, D-Peru, said he is afraid the Regents are...

A national study by the College Placement Council has found that salary offers for new graduates are higher than last year. CPC representative Dawn Oberman said the reason for the higher salaries was a stronger recruiting season. The report covered the...

A study focusing on minority transfer student retention found that only a small percentage of minority students in community colleges transfer to NIU, Illinois State University, or Sangamon State University to earn a baccalaureate degree. The study, presented...

The decreased rainfall this summer contributed to a reduction in mosquitoes, according to a report submitted to the DeKalb City Council Aug. 8 by Clarke Outdoor Spraying Company Inc. Gary Boden, DeKalb assistant city manager, said, "There are very few...

Leo Olson, a former NIU journalism professor and DeKalb AgResearch communications director for 40 years, died July 25 in Kishwaukee Community Hospital at age 76. Olson was a part of the advertising team which developed the now world-famous DeKalb "winged...

Kris Brewbaker and Kathy Kobilsek are bored. Four nights a week they sit in stifling hot Anderson Hall watching 50 swimmers go through their paces. Meanwhile, NIU seniors Lonnea Herman and Kim Shackel are busy feeding hungry people at a local fast food...

NIU administrators are searching for alternate funding sources for development of the NIU Engineering and Research Park following Gov. James Thompson's veto of $75 million in capital development funds Monday. Tom Montiegel, NIU vice president for development...

Jorge Nieves, an admissions recruiter for NIU's CHANCE Program, resigned from his position last week apparently in protest of the firing of a colleague. Martha Palmer, a counselor in the CHANCE program, said that Nieves resigned in protest of the unfair...

The most visible evidence of the state's lack of support for higher education is the 90 faculty resignations NIU has received in the past year. "Illinois has a long way to go in giving assurance to (NIU's) faculty and staff that it supports education....

A ceremony to induct the new Student Association executive board—President Paula Radtke, Vice President Gregg Bliss and Treasurer Diana Turowski—was held Sunday in the Swen Parson gallery. The audience of about 30 SA senators, parents, administrators...

The Board of Regents might be trying to cut long-term expenses by granting NIU Professor Clyde Wingfield a year off with pay—a move that could eliminate the former NIU president's salary from NIU's payroll. A Regent member, who asked not to be identified,...

Seventh Ward Alderman Mark Powell dropped in on Sunday's Student Association meeting to make a bid for support during his run for DeKalb's mayoral position. Speaking to those SA members in attendance, Powell said more respect and support is needed from...