The Board of Regents suspended admissions to NIU's journalism graduate school Thursday while at the same time lifting the probationary status from the department's undergraduate program. No new admissions to the graduate school will be allowed until a...

Whether or not the Board of Regents will take a stand in support of the student regent vote will not be determined until its April board meeting. NIU Student Regent Dave Agazzi raised a motion at Thursday's Regents meeting asking them not to influence...

More than 200 students are expected to attend Northern Illinois' Regional History Fair, which is being held at NIU April 11. Richard Altenbaugh, NIU assistant professor of history and academic coordinator of the fair, said students will bring their history...

A man was convicted of a sexual assault that he did not commit Wednesday night, and the verdict was decided by people off the street who were watching the trial. A mock rape trial, which was part of Sexual Assault Awareness Week, was held in the Swen...

Experience versus leadership was the key point of controversy in the race for Student Association president at the SA executive elections debate Thursday night. SA President Jim Fischer, running for re-election on Wednesday and Thursday, based his platform...

The Council on Instruction questioned Thursday the validity of its decision last fall concerning the relationship between general education requirements and major requirements in all departments. The council is considering changing the requirements to...

The probationary status of the journalism undergraduate program will be removed if the Board of Regents Thursday accepts the chancellor's recommendation at their meeting to be held in NIU's Holmes Student Center. Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves will...

City of DeKalb officials are considering banning Huskie buses from the northern Greek Row area starting fall semester. The elimination of buses from Ridge Drive, Blackhawk Road and part of Normal Road is being considered by city officials because of road...

Mihailo Markovic, one of the leading Marxist thinkers from Yugoslavia, will speak to NIU students Thursday and Friday about the present day meaning of Marxist theory, said Kevin Anderson, NIU sociology associate professor. Markovic is a human rights activist,...

Sun worshippers who spent their spring holiday in Florida or South Padre have one final chance to show off their tans this weekend at The Jungle's Fourth Annual Tan Lines Contest. The contest, sponsored by The Public Relations Student Society of America...

A lawsuit involving Northern Star Adviser Jerry Thompson and the NIU administration has been continued until April 1, Thompson said. Thompson was removed as adviser and placed in a public relations position by former NIU president Clyde Wingfield because...

A former NIU student charged with burglary will face a pre-trial hearing May 19 after she waived her right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday at the DeKalb County Court. Suzanne Wood, 20, faces trial for burglary in connection with a burglary ring broken...