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...

More than half of the members of the Student Committee On Political Action agreed that last night's meeting was unlike any SCOPA meeting held before. About 25 students representing a variety of political views discussed the agenda for tomorrow's meeting...

A faulty pizza oven bottom with holes in it set fire to cardboard boxes stored underneath it, causing the blaze that gutted Lukulo's Sandwiches and Pizza House, 1021 Hillcrest Drive, early Thursday morning. Lukulo's owner, Pete Matarangas, said he hopes...

Michael Gonzales, associate professor of history at NIU, was recently selected as the interim director of the Center for Latino and Latin American Studies. "There was strong support for Gonzales from everyone. He is very well-respected and has good relations...

The Akron Zips' offensive linemen might still be seeing yellow handkerchiefs in their sleep. Crucial penalties, costly turnovers and NIU red-shirt freshman halfback Eugene Edmond were too much for the Zips to overcome Saturday night as the Huskie football...

NIU's Center for Latino and Latin American Studies is too important to be without a director for long. But Associate Professor Michael Gonzales is a good choice to serve as the center's acting director. Peter Nicholls, liberal arts and sciences associate...

NIU's Sexual Assault Task Force will receive a budget this fall totaling about $5,000 to help combat sexual assaults on campus. Jon Dalton, NIU vice president for student affairs, said the university was able to fund the task force through NIU's Judicial...