Enrollment at state universities in Illinois has been showing a downward trend, including NIU, and officials from universities across the state are looking for reasons and solutions.NIU’s ten-day enrollment numbers were released Sept. 12 and with them...
Student Association Senators listen to a presentation during the SA Senate meeting Sunday. SA Senate meetings are open to the public and take place 5 p.m. Sundays in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room.
Elizabeth Shulz, 4, of Belvidere plays at the sand table Feb. 27 at NIU Campus Child Care. The center provides services for student-parents, but Illinois childcare providers could close due to a budget shortfall. Student parents won’t have afforadable options for childcare if nearby centers have to close down, writes Perspectiver writer Angelina McNeela.
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 President John Peters’ announcement that he will be stepping down was not the only topic addressed during his State of the University speech. During the Thursday address, NIU President John Peters said for-profit schools are competing against public...
Payday will not be coming until July 1 for many child care providers in Illinois. State funding has been exhausted for programs that subsidize childcare for low-income working parents. With no resources to cover the gap, day care centers and in-home providers...
Gabrielle Miggins pays $23,000 to attend NIU. That was the cost for her after adding up the tuition, books, room and board, the junior elementary education major said. Miggins said she pays for her education with financial aid, scholarships and grants....
One man stood before a microphone, cleared his throat and faced a roomful of anxious NIU faculty and staff. During Wednesday’s 90-minute meeting on pension reform, NIU President John Peters and Steve Cunningham, vice president of Human Resources and...
American voters today are inundated with campaign slogans and statistics from candidates for political office. With so much information being released all over the media, it can be difficult to separate truth from fiction. On Feb. 13, the Annenberg Public...
In Jan. 2011, State Rep. Anthony DeLuca, D-Chicago Heights, introduced legislation that would amend the Smoke-Free Illinois Act. The legislation would allow municipalities the choice to offer smoking licenses to eligible establishments. According to...
Trials aren't like CSI or the Goodwife, said Clay Campbell, DeKalb County State's Attorney. "They are much more complicated and less dramatic." For the first time in Illinois' state history, people will be able to watch these judicial proceedings from...
Clay Campbell, DeKalb County State's Attorney, said at a news conference Tuesday he considers parents and teachers as the front line of law enforcement."Great teachers, great parents, great administrators, those are the ones that keep kids out of trouble,"...
