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....

Brandon Wilbon, sophomore industrial engineering major, has been looking for a job since last year."I am currently in debt in school and it [job freeze] is forcing me to use other means, such as student loans, to pay for my education," Wilbon said.The...