Where can you go to taste free food, plan special dinners for NIU residence halls or observe a Human and Family Resources class learn about sensory perception? The answer is Douglas Hall's test kitchen. Patty Lee, NIU food specialist, said the test kitchen...

There are only one or two black conductors of major symphonic orchestras in the United States and Chelsea Tipton II would like to become another one. Tipton, who was born in North Carolina, has a bachelor's degree in music from the Eastman School of Music...

Gov. James Thompson's appearance at a DeKalb Republican party fundraiser Thursday night was only one stop in his ten-hour sweep through Northern Illinois. Thompson stopped in at least five rural towns Thursday, including Sycamore, Oregon, and Dixon, said...

"I'm on your side," Gov. James Thompson told about 20 students protesting the lack of funding for higher education Thursday evening at a Republican party fundraiser. Students from the Student Political Education and Action Committee, the Young Democrats,...

NIU will receive $113 million if vote passes The Illinois Board of Higher Education will vote Tuesday to approve Gov. James Thompson's fiscal year 1990 higher education budget. The governor's allocations fall 60 percent below the board's recommendations...

The NIU Parking Committee approved the Parking Division's fiscal year 1990 budget at its Thursday meeting. Business and Operations Controller Robert Albanese said the division had $289,000 left in its budget at the end of FY88. The division will have...

FRANKFURT, West Germany (AP) - The U.S. Army said Thursday it is baffled by the disappearance of a "good, clean-cut" American soldier who had access to classified information and vanished near the East German border. An Army spokesman, Lt. Col. Jake Dye,...

Gov. James Thompson renewed relationships with local politicians and spoke about his day-old proposed state budget Thursday night during a one-hour appearance at a DeKalb Republican party fundraiser. Thompson stood several inches taller than the group...

NIU students who are denied admission into the marketing department have a second chance to pursue a marketing degree. Marketing faculty developed a policy last semester that would allow denied marketing department applicants the chance to reapply to...

An additional elevator in the Holmes Student Center might be considered to make the lower level of the center accessible to the handicapped. The Student Services and Activities Space Study Committee will meet Friday at 3 p.m. in Room 506 of the student...

Bill and Ted are two "dudes" with a serious problem. In order to pass their history class (and high school, for that matter) they have to get an A+ on a class presentation. As if that's not bad enough, Ted, upon flunking, will be sent to a military school...

NIU students were treated Feb. 20 to the jazzy sounds of Jiggs Whigham, an internationally acclaimed trombonist. Besides performing with the NIU Faculty Jazz Quintet, Whigham also hosted an improvisation clinic and lectured music students. Although he...