The National Week of the Young Child is being observed this week with special programs and events for young people and will conclude Saturday with the Second Annual Children's Fair. Ann Beiswanger, representative for Kishwaukee Child Care, said the Northern...

NIU students might face a tuition increase of more than $200 for the 1987-88 school year if a 4 percent statewide tuition increase is rejected by the Illinois General Assembly. The Board of Regents today will vote on a motion to send parents some form...

NIU President John LaTourette yesterday said due to a lack of funds, the university cannot correct problems addressed by a report from the Illinois Auditor General concerning NIU's computer system. At Tuesday's press conference, LaTourette said the university...

A former NIU student is showing signs of recovery after being seriously injured last October in a fight on the corner of Russell Road and Lucinda Avenue. Jeffery Voo, 22, of Flossmoor, was seriously injured after a fight with his former roommate, NIU...

For the first time in NIU's history, the university will welcome eight internationally-known speakers during a two-day interdisciplinary colloquium on "The Mind and Spirit of Ancient Greece." Dimitri Liakos, colloquium project director, said the students...

With the completion of candidate interviews Friday, NIU is another step closer to the appointment of a new provost by the projected July 1 deadline. Provost Search Committee Co-chairman James Lankford said the search committee currently is waiting for...

With a combined 551 years of service to NIU, 28 retiring faculty members will be honored at a recognition dinner Friday. NIU staff member Gary Vander Meer, planning director for the event, said the annual recognition dinner is sponsored by the NIU Alumni...

NIU did not violate any laws when it remodeled former NIU president Clyde Wingfield's house, and the Auditor General "has no business" judging if the university broke state laws, said NIU President John LaTourette at a press conference Tuesday. "On the...

More than 100 NIU faculty, staff and students gathered at a workshop Tuesday to determine ways to enhance college life for freshmen. The "Enhancing the Freshman Year Experience" workshop is designed to determine how to make incoming freshmen have a successful...

Two psychiatrists' reports have indicated a 19-year-old DeKalb man charged with murder and three counts of sexual assault is mentally competent to stand trial. At a competency hearing for Matthew Reimann Monday in DeKalb County Court, the state and the...

Lack of fiscal review by the NIU Physical Plant led to cost overruns during the remodeling of former NIU president Clyde Wingfield's house, according to a report by the Illinois Auditor General. The report, released Wednesday, indicated NIU misspent thousands...

The outstanding academic achievements of students and faculty will be recognized on NIU's first University Honors Day April 26. The event, originated by the senior honor society Mortar Board, will include initiations and recognitions by university honor...