An interim president for Sangamon State University was selected Wednesday by the Board of Regents in a special telephone conference call meeting. However, the new president's name has not been released yet. Regent Brewster Parker said the reason for the...

Results of three surveys conducted by NIU's Commission on the Status of Women have not shown feelings of gender inequality in the workplace among most female NIU faculty members. NIU President John LaTourette said the results of the "Gender-Related Problems...

A group of students opposing the dismissal of a CHANCE counselor brought the issue to the attention of freshman students attending an informational CHANCE meeting Wednesday night. Protesting students passed out fliers and displayed signs showing their...

Neil Kepner, NIU's Holmes Student Center accountant, has been named interim director of the HSC Bookstore to replace current Director Stanley Shedaker, who will leave Sept. 16. Shedaker has been bookstore director since the fall of 1986. Shedaker said...

In response to Chris Sigley's recent story titled "NIU coeds highlight recruit's visits," we would like to suggest a comparable program for Northern's women athletic recruits—in the spirit of Title IX of the education amendments of 1972. Agile, skillful...

Three NIU participants in the state prison education program are saddened by, yet supportive of, a university refusal to renew contracts this year because of a mandatory drug testing requirement. NIU chose to end a decades-long program at Stateville and...

The NIU chapter of the University Professionals in Illinois union unanimously recommended to support the filing of a class action lawsuit against NIU concerning the grades given to students who illegally registered for spring 1988 classes using a fraudulent...

The Illinois Board of Higher Education will meet today to discuss the approval of fiscal year 1989 grant allocations, which include a $40,000 interinstitutional grant to a multi-university center located in Rockford. A grant of $60,000 was approved by...

This summer's drought, the worst since 1934, will cost farmers throughout DeKalb County an estimated $300 million said Dave Whitson, extension adviser of agriculture at the DeKalb County Farm Bureau Extension Office. Corn and soybeans, which make up 85...

The new state Department of Corrections' requirement for drug testing of prison instructors is necessary, said the director of an independent prison watchdog group. These urine tests are vital to curbing drug use in jail, said Mike Mahoney, head of the...

The computer lab in Graham Hall has been experiencing problems recently in its system due to the addition of networking at the latter part of the summer. However, efforts are being made to ensure the NIU computers will be ready for the NIU computer open...

Malaysia's need for education in parenting skills and nutrition were topics presented by NIU Associate Professor Helen Winsor at the International Conference of Home Economists. "Typically, in the past, the raising of children in Malaysia was done not...