NIU Student Regent Nick Valadez said Tuesday he refused to go on last week's Las Vegas trip with other Regents because it was partially funded by private conributions from the NIU Foundation. The NIU Alumni Association sponsored a trip to see the NIU-University...

A new policy added to the NIU undergraduate college catalog will require students entering NIU in the fall of 1988 to meet more strict admission requirements. Institutional Research Director Nick Noe said, "Both ACT scores, high school rank and courses...

Confusion lingers about unfair labor practice charges which the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees filed against the university July 27. The AFSCME charged NIU for failure to bargain in good faith about contractual clauses, said...

A recent study ranked NIU's College of Education 15th in the nation and third in the state based on the number of professional presentations by each school's education faculty. Illinois' top-ranking education department is located at Southern Illinois...

The Ellwood House Museum in DeKalb will hold a three-day open house to celebrate the Christmas holiday. "Christmas Around the World" is the theme for this year's annual open house which runs Dec. 4-6 from 1 to 5 p.m. ooms in the Ellwood Mansion, 509 N....

Students and faculty members will tackle the topic of whether NIU's minority organizations contribute to or help solve the problems of racism in a forum tonight in the Holmes Student Center Diversions room. The Student Association minority relations committee...

From Swan Lake to nuclear war protesting, the NIU theatre dance department will cover it all Thursday night at the premiere of the annual fall dance concert. The concert will feature members of NIU's theatre dance department performing in five distinctly...

In order to obtain community input about the future development of the university, NIU President John LaTourette has appointed fifteen regional senior corporate executives, including seven NIU alumni, to a president's advisory council. Tom Montiegel,...

The holiday season brings a time for sharing and that is what some NIU student organizations are encouraging as they sponsor food drives for the Salvation Army food pantry. The Public Relations Student Society of America is sponsoring a food drive through...

Combining water and the human body is the focus of "Aqueous Myths," a series of photographs by Suda House on display in the Photospace of the Swen Parson Gallery. House, a San Diego photographer, depicts the human-water relationship illustrating several...

Strong arguments that "continued United States covert involvement in Central America would be undesirable" brought victory to NIU's debate team during a recent weekend of competition. The thrust of the competition, hosted by the University of Wisconsin...

The DeKalb Sanitary District is planning to implement a program this month to reduce the problem of sump pumps connected to the sanitary sewer system. District Manager Mike Zima said at a special meeting of the DeKalb City Council Monday that illegal...