Because of the Student Association's recent deficit situation, more than $67,000 was retracted from SA recognized organizations' 1987-88 budgets Tuesday night. The SA deficit came about because of its lenient policy toward approving budgets, according...

If the General Assembly does not approve Gov. James Thompson's proposed tax increase, it might have detrimental effects on higher education, according to Illinois higher education officials. An Illinois Board of Higher Education report stated a budget...

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...

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...

City officials are considering the creation of a special tax district in Greek Row to pay for streets which, if not repaired, might result in the banning of buses north of Hillcrest Drive. DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow said he will meet with both property...

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...