Fresh foods should be less than a bus ride away for students.Students have to find a ride to one of the city’s grocery stores if they don’t have a meal plan or personal mode of transportation. Potential Master Plan Thesis changes, which were proposed...

Life at NIU is going to change, and those changes will affect students the most.NIU has planned an $11.6 million budget cut should Illinois’ income tax hikes come to an end. Simultaneously, an estimated 20 percent of NIU’s employees will retire at...

NIU’s ambitions are more than its means when it comes to the Master Plan Thesis.The Master Plan Thesis is a series of objectives — remove Stevenson and Douglas, close Normal Road to car traffic, have food trucks visit every Friday in the fall, etc....

A student grievance procedure has been discussed for more than 10 years. Today, it is time to end that discussion with a vote to initiate the policy into the bylaws of NIU.But, certain amendments to the policy must be made to ensure it is truly just for...

In a time of potential budget cuts and falling enrollment numbers, necessity over luxury is key when it comes to Master Plan priorities and campus renovations.According to “A Campus Re:Envisioned” — which was proposed to the Board of Trustees and...

Despite transfer students from community colleges composing a significant portion of NIU’s population, they remain some of the most ignored people on campus.The school is hemorrhaging transfer students: 544 transfer students who attended NIU in the...

As NIU administrators gather ideas for the Master Plan Thesis’ finances, they should stress raising funds through student enrollment and fees instead of private donations and state funding.The Master Plan Thesis is an initiative to revitalize the campus...

Keeping freshmen enrolled for a full year — and past their first year — has proven difficult for NIU.NIU should focus on three issues that plague incoming freshmen: Tailoring general education requirements to majors, implementing effective financial...

NIU President Doug Baker made some bold and slightly worrisome administrative announcements Friday.The Editorial Board applauds Baker’s efforts to clean up inefficiencies and save money; however, the consolidation of duties under Bill Nicklas, vice...

The NIU Self-ie-Perspective Facebook event, which had more than 350 posts to the wall by the organizers’ Friday deadline, has had a remarkable effect on the student body.Zachery Cramer, freshman business management major, and sophomore psychology major...

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