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...
NIU President Doug Baker will set the table for the release of the program prioritization results at a town hall meeting 1-2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Holmes Student Center, Regency Room.The program prioritization results will be released Monday with one...
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...
On April 25, 1968, NIU brought approximately 300 trees in to be planted all around campus to help beautify it, according to a Northern Star article.This effort was made to beautify NIU and in response to students who had written to the Northern Star who...
The following was taken directly from the NIU Police Department. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The NIU Police Department provides police reports online at niu.edu/publicsafety/.April 151. At 8:55 p.m. April...
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.
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...
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.
Correction: The amended bill would give close to half of MAP funding needed at about $170 million and would give NIU about $26.5 million, less than a third of what they received last year. The act will be valid for costs incurred prior to Sept. 1, 2016. Monetary...
The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law.
April 10
• Casey M. Zelko, 20, of DeKalb, was charged with consumption of alcohol as a minor.
• Jerrvon Ewing, 22, of DeKalb, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.
• Jovon Young, 22, of Aurora, was charged with no driver’s license.
• Dana L. Boyd, 28, of Sycamore, was charged with retail theft.
April 11
• Cortez Wraggs, 21, of Chicago, was charged with obstructing identification and resisting a peace officer.
• Arricka S. Kizer, 25, of DeKalb, was charged with illegal insurance card.
April 12
• Mercedes E. Foster, 26, of DeKalb, was charged with possession of cannabis.
• Michael N. Thornhill, 28, of DeKalb, was charged with manufacturing/delivery of cannabis more than 500 grams, manufacturing/delivery of cannabis more than 500 grams near a school, manufacturing/delivery of cannabis 30-500 grams, manufacturing/delivery of controlled substances, possession of drug paraphernalia, two counts of possession of cannabis, two counts of possession of controlled substance and conspiracy to sell to a minor.
April 13
• James S. Mayes, 31, of DeKalb, was charged with two counts of criminal trespassing to land and two counts of domestic battery.
• Dwaine B. Hampton, 18, of DeKalb, was charged with two counts of domestic battery.
• Latrell L. Hightower, 19, of DeKalb, was charged with two counts of domestic battery.
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...
