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Bikers receive new place to ride

By Amy Kreeger | November 16, 2010

Cyclists on campus may soon have a place to call their own. At their Oct. 21 meeting, the Board of Trustees approved bond sales of $112 million to fund construction projects around campus. Parking and road improvements are listed as projects that will...

Leaders Corner with Student Trustee Robert Sorsby

Leaders Corner with Student Trustee Robert Sorsby

By Ryan Griesmeyer | November 11, 2010

You see them around campus, but who are our student leaders? The Leader's Corner gives readers a glimpse into the personalities of the men and women behind the suits and ties. This week the Northern Star was able to talk with Robert Sorsby, senior business...

Student Affairs gathers student feedback

By Kyla Gardner | November 3, 2010

Representatives from the NIU Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management have been visiting residence hall council meetings to show students the proposed infrastructural changes to campus. They have also been gathering student input through...

Editorial: Mixed reception to university-wide pay raise

By Editorial Board | October 27, 2010

For a couple years now, NIU has been weathering a terrible storm of financial calamity. First, state support for the university (indeed, for all institutions of higher education) has been eroding, slowly but surely. Couple this with the fact that the...

BOT approves salary increases

By Kyla Gardner | October 21, 2010

Salary increases announced Thursday by the NIU Board of Trustees will affect 83 percent of faculty and 84 percent of supportive professional staff. The increases will cost $1.8 million for the 2011 fiscal year and $3.4 million for the 2012 fiscal year....

BOT to host special meeting

By Kyla Gardner | October 19, 2010

A Board of Trustees Special Business Meeting will take place at 8:30 a.m. Thursday in 315 Altgeld Hall. The agenda includes a proposal for the agreement between NIU and Fermilab for the Neutron Cancer Therapy Facility, student recruitment advertising,...

University Council talks Stevens Hall

By Leah Spagnoli | October 6, 2010

University Council discussed plans for renovations of Cole Hall and  Stevens Hall building Wednesday afternoon. Planning has been appropriated for Stevens Hall and Cole Hall, said Laurie Elish-Piper, professor of literary education at Wednesday's University...

Freshmen residence hall approved

By Lauren Stott and Ryan Griesmeyer | September 16, 2010

The Board of Trustees voted Thursday to approve a plan for a construction and maintenance contract on a 1,000-bed campus residence hall. The board unanimously approved the university's request to negotiate an agreement with Collegiate Housing Foundation,...

BOT inducts student trustee, discusses modern libraries

By Katie Zak | August 26, 2010

DeKALB | The Board of Trustees held committee meetings Thursday morning. The meeting began with the induction of Robert Sorsby as the BOT’s new student trustee. Sorsby, former Student Association president, officially began his roll as student trustee...