Faculty Senate passed a motion addressing its concern on the public release of the program prioritization reports, and the potential for misunderstanding, at a meeting Wednesday.Program prioritization uses task forces to create reports that review 223...
Christine Wang, SA Senate speaker-elect, speaks with Sergeant-at-Arms Senator Timothy Brandner about the senate's discussion on Senator Tristan Martin's proposed bill at a meeting on Sunday in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room.
Senator Brandon Phillips offers a friendly motion to Senator Tristan Martin's bill to have executive reports once every two weeks to the senate in-person only.
DeKalb | NIU faculty members have encountered a salary inversion, which occurs when new hires are offered higher wages than current faculty members, due in part to the lack of state funding at NIU.It has been several years since current NIU staff and...
DeKalb | Illinois State Comptroller Leslie Munger said she will begin processing payments for students and universities that are suffering the most, after a bill that would provide short term funding for universities, community colleges and Monetary Award...
Here is a bonus clue for the Northern Star Scavenger Extravaganza. The Northern Star hid a medallion somewhere around campus to be found by students and locals.If you find the medallion, quickly return it to the Northern Star office in the Campus Life...
Julie Friedberg, a junior nutrition and dietetics major, poses with a picture with NIU mascot Mission as the group reaches their destination in their 1.5 mile walk from Wirtz Hall to the outdoor recreation facility Thursday. Friedberg said she hopes to...
Master Sergeant Rufus Beamon (left), senior military instructor for military science, walks alongside Jane Klingberg, an undergraduate career success coordinator for family consumer and nutrition science. They walked 1.5 miles from Wirtz Hall to the outdoor...
A student shows off signs in support of increased funding to education while attending a rally near the Illinois State Capitol complex on Wednesday in Springfield. The rally was sponsored by the Illinois Coalition to Invest in Higher Education and hundreds of students from other colleges attended.
It was an idea heard in coffee shops around the state: “stop paying legislators.” Comptroller Leslie Munger must have heard the suggestion because over the weekend she announced that legislators will have to wait to be paid just like the state is...
