"I have a test tomorrow and I still can't find the book anywhere." NIU book vendors have heard this complaint from students throughout the semester, in reaction to a so-called textbook shortage occurring statewide and nationwide. Richard Boardman, textbook...

BEIJING (AP) _The class boycott by Beijing university students demanding democracy has spread to the nearby city of Tianjin despite heavy pressure from local authorities, students in Tianjin said Sunday. They also said about 10,000 students from Tianjin...

The NIU Black Student Union will hold elections today for next year's executive board positions. Votes may be cast in the Holmes Student Center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and are open to all NIU students. NIU junior Chris Obanner is running unopposed for next...

The Chemistry Club has established a scholarship fund for eligible chemistry majors for the fall 1990 semester, and part of that fund comes from an unusual source: the department's glassblower. When not making "condensers and ampules," Glassblower Ed...

Sigma Chi fraternity held a discussion forum on racism and cultural pluralism Wednesday night in the Heritage Room of the Holmes Student Center. Tracy Deis, Black Student Union president and Morenike Cheatom, Student Association minority relations adviser,...

Kishwaukee Community Hospital's month-old "no smoking" policy caps off a three-year process that has involved gradual smoking restrictions in several areas of the hospital. Brad Copple, the hospital's vice president of support services, said the move...

An NIU chemistry professor will return to Yugoslavia after 11 years of conducting joint research on anti-convulsants for epileptics. David Piatak, NIU chemistry graduate studies director, said he will work on two projects with the faculty at the University...

Outstanding students, alumni and faculty members will be honored Sunday, as NIU holds its third annual University Honors Day. The afternoon events will include initiations into honorary societies and recognitions by the University Honors Program. Following...

When the NIU men's tennis team walks onto Gullikson Tennis Courts at 1 p.m. Sunday for its match against St. Ambrose, it will confront some foreign faces. St. Ambrose is led by its No. 1 player from Algeria, whose expertise gave him the opportunity to...

Funding totaling $97,000 for a computer lab in the lower lounges of the C and D wings of Lincoln Hall has been approved, and the system is expected to be operative this fall. David Lasker, manager for the Douglas computer lab, said the emphasis of the...

Two state officials hold very different views concerning a survey ranking Illinois as 49th in the nation in terms of state funding for higher education during the past 10 years. The figures, compiled by the Illinois Board of Higher Education, were part...

Thursday's preliminary hearing for a former NIU student charged with criminal sexual assault has been postponed until May 18. Christopher J. Fette, 22, was charged in December for the Dec. 10 rape of Kimberly A. Howard. Fette, a senior at the time of...