NIU officials agree the recently developed Visiting Minority Faculty Program will benefit NIU. Provost Kendall Baker said his office is allocating $75,000 for the program from the academic budget because the state gave the university "additional resources."...

Pregnancy research developments will be released in the spring in a book by an NIU professor. "Regulating Reproduction" deals with new methods of helping correct health problems of a fetus, said author Robert Blank, an NIU biosocial research professor....

Bids to replace the 78,720 square foot Huskie Stadium playing field this summer will be opened at 2 p.m. Monday at the NIU Physical Plant. NIU received permission from the Board of Regents Jan. 25 to get bids for replacing the nearly 10-year-old stadium...

In an age when equality among men and women is a continual concern, students were forewarned of issues that may arise as they venture into the working world. "Baby - Have You Come a Long Way?" was the question posed to about 30 students Wednesday night...

School board members are looking for other ways to spend money from DeKalb's Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district on the local school system. The school board held open forums explaining TIF and its possible uses at area schools for the Parent Teacher...

"Tango and Cash" is a hopelessly inept action film that is filled with mind numbing violence. The film is not quite bad enough to laugh at, but it's not good enough to be worthwhile. "Tango and Cash" a is police buddy film in the tradition of "Lethal...

Illinois' higher education system must recover from more than a decade of inadequete funding, making it difficult for the Board of Regents to endorse a proposed tuition freeze. "All public universities, especially the regency system, were confronted with...

Illiteracy. Congratulations—you've passed the first test. By reading the previous two phrases, you've already distinguished yourself in American society and its work force. Frightening as it sounds, over 2 million adults in Illinois alone cannot read,...

Screens obstructing public view of a controversial student art display were set up in the Holmes Student Center Tuesday. NIU art student Jonathon Adkins' series of self-portraits, including male nudes, are on display in the center's public lounge until...

The Regency universities are debating a possible tuition freeze for the 1990-91 school year. Brian Hopkins, student Regent for Sangamon State University at Springfield, introduced a proposal at the December Board of Regents meeting calling for a tuition...

Getting an abortion is as traumatic as getting a divorce, although some believe abortion equals death. That was only part of the thought-provoking discussion that hit NIU Wednesday when two nationally known women debated the abortion issue in front of...

Student Nutritionist Name: Joy Gemelli Age: 28 Major: As soon as I finish my thesis, I'll have a MS in Nutrition Dietetics Occupation: Nutritionist Years with Univesity Health Service: One and one-half What does your job entail? I counsel students for...