NIU professors' research and published material are as diverse as all of the different departments on campus. History Department Chairman Otto Olsen said every faculty member of NIU does research and is a publishing scholar, but there is a difference...

The NIU Sexual Assault Response Team will be left without two of its most important factions if university administration decides to cut the University Health Services' third shift next fall. Blanche McHugh, Sexual Assault Task Force director, said that...

"The Impact of Mexican Immigration on the United States: Past, Present and Future" will be the topic discussed by Jose Cuello at a lecture on Nov. 22. The general public is invited to the 8 p.m. lecture, which will be held in room 505 at the Holmes Student...

Tomorrow is the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout. Smokers are encouraged to stop smoking at least for one day. Hopefully, tomorrow will be the first day of many long smokefree lives. The Smokeout is just one way the society is trying...

In an attempt to curb the number of illegal fliers circulated on campus, the Student Association's Public Relations Committee will formally propose that a kiosk be built in the King Memorial Commons. The kiosk, an eight-sided structure similiar to the...

DeKalb County Clerk Terry Desmond verified that two illegal campaigning reports were received at his office last week, but said he has little reason to believe the incidents were directly attributable to the named candidates. "A couple of calls were handled...

A Kane County Sheriff's Department spokesman refuted an article in Tuesday's Chicago Tribune which said drugs might have been involved in the death of an NIU student mauled by two pit bull dogs Thursday. The spokesman, who would not give his name, said...

NIU President John LaTourette said he has "documented evidence" that CHANCE counselor Martha Palmer has known the reasons for her dismissal "all along," although Palmer has maintained the opposite to be true. LaTourette said Monday that reasons for Palmer's...

The DeKalb City Council authorized the city manager Monday to select a replacement for Police Chief Joe Maciejewski, who announced he will retire Feb. 18. Maciejewski, 65, did not release a statement to the press and said he would not discuss his retirement...

One week after the election of Vice President George Bush to the presidency, three NIU administrators expressed their concerns that the nearly $3 trillion national deficit will not decrease under the leadership of the president-elect. Leonard Strickman,...

A faculty member who wants to do research and get funding for it must follow a long road before the research and consequent book or article is completed. Linda Schwarz, director of NIU's Office of Sponsored Projects, said a professor who wants to research...