"Language is the preparation for world leadership," said Geneva Smitherman, ending NIU's observance of Black Heritage Month Tuesday with the lecture "Black English Revisited: Talking and Testifying." Smitherman, a social linguist, is the author of more...

Living conditions in Central America might improve under the Bush administration, a scholar of Central American affairs told members of the Interfaith Network for Peace and Justice Sunday. Fred Morris, a minister for Malta United Methodist Church and...

NIU residence hall security is not perfect, but officials say they cannot rectify the problems themselves. NIU President John LaTourette said residence hall security is operating as expected, and is doing the best possible job. "We don't see anything...

A 1968 NIU mathematics graduate has been appointed director of the computing and telecommunications division at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. Naperville resident David Weber is in charge of the "overall running of Argonne,"...

The statistics are often shocking: Nearly one-fourth of college females have been or will be raped or sexually assaulted before they graduate. As many as 90 percent of victims will know their attacker. As little as 1 to 10 percent report their experience....

Residents of 13 counties in northern Illinois can do more to increase highway safety than just fastening their seat belts. A program available to local residents offers classes in how to ride a motorcycle or improve their riding skills to beginning and...

A second petition was submitted to the Student Association Supreme Court concerning the constitutionality of former Senate Speaker Joe Annunzio's impeachment. Chief Justice Carolyn Eichner said she received Annunzio's second petition Monday. The petition...

Two NIU Interfraternity and Panhellenic Council executive board positions have been created this semester to help fraternities and sororities coordinate individual scholarship programs. Jeff Przybylo, IFC education vice president, and Michelle Martino,...

Due to a reduction in employees and the expansion of NIU's campus, the NIU Physical Plant has a backlog of 22,000 hours of identified work to be done in academic and administrative buildings. A streamlining of plant operations has caused a reduction of...

Repairs on escalators in Founders Memorial Library, which have been out of order since early last semester, might soon be underway. Conrad Miller, physical plant project manager, is optimistic about repair plans for the broken escalators. "We're hopeful...

Faculty upset over pay raise recommendation Some NIU faculty are disgusted with the Illinois Board of Higher Education's staff recommendation of a 5 percent salary increase. The IBHE's orginal request for a 10 percent increase was reduced to 5 percent...

A few weeks ago, NIU President John LaTourette expressed his frustration about the lack of a state commitment to properly fund education. The exasperated administrator suggested (and this is a paraphrase) that he would throw himself in front of a train...