The magnanimous Board of Regents recently decided faculty and students at the three Regency schools should be allowed to attend and have more of an impact on board meetings. At first glance, this decision comes across as a sound and generous move by the...

The University Council Dec. 10 approved a resolution calling for the condemnation of the controversial student publication, Stump, which the Council called "degrading" to minorities. NIU students Erik Engel, Paul Engel and Philip Craig wrote, paid for,...

Our history was founded on representative government, exemplified in the Pilgrim's "Town Meeting" government, wherein there was open government, rather than secrecy. We've had the secrecy of Watergate with domestic political spying to circumvent our elections....