An NIU assistant professor of anthropology has been selected to attend a three-week seminar on research methods in cultural anthropology sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Susan Russell was chosen to be one of 12 participants selected from...

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...

A device thought to have been a bomb was taken out of a vacant apartment Wednesday afternoon as residents were evacuated from the building for an hour-and-a-half. The device, found in College Square Apartments, 832 Ridge Drive, Apt. W-218, was determined...

A consensus was reached Wednesday between the DeKalb County Landfill owner and the county on recommended amendments to the site's application for expansion, but several neighboring residents are still less than pleased. After several changes were made,...

It's once again that time in the semester when everybody should start thinking about final exams—your last chance to convince your teacher that although you were asleep in the third row all semester, you really were paying attention to class discussion,...

Members of the NIU Faculty Assembly discussed Wednesday the final draft of bylaw changes to the NIU Constitution that would create a faculty senate. The changes consist of the addition of two new articles to the bylaws. These articles would establish...

Despite claims by the Student Association Mass Transit Board, there were no problems with next year's chargeable credit hour projections, said Eddie Williams, vice president for finance and planning. At an SAMTB meeting on April 17, Board Chairman Dave...

Mayor Greg Sparrow returned from his trip to Beijing, China, on April 22 after eight days of talks with Chinese mayors and vice-mayors about local government policies in the free world. Three mayors from Peru, one from Mexico, two from the U.S. and four...

NIU's Faculty Assembly will receive an update on salary equity plans from Provost Kendall Baker today in its final session this semester at 3 p.m. in room 505 of the Holmes Student Center. Baker's plan, initiated earlier this semester, was well-received...

It's amazing how little time it takes for some of the strangest things to accumulate in closets, drawers and cupboards, and for others to dissappear completely. No, seriously, think about it. I remember when I was in third grade and my family was packing...