Just as the furor over higher education funding for fiscal 1988 becomes a memory, the fight for 1989 dollars is only beginning. Those adamant about increases in higher ed. funding are in for a fight if they want to avoid a repeat of last year's disappointments....

Anonymous racist letters received last month by at least six university officials and student leaders still are under investigation, but will not immediately affect plans for February's Black History Month programs. Larry Robertson, director of the Student...

The Student Association Recreation Committee and the Office of Campus Recreation have resolved the fall semester conflict involving use of the Student Recreation Center by the Physical Education Department. The conflict occurred when the 1987-1988 spring...

A grant given in the name of a professor totaling $200,000 will be awarded to NIU's accountancy department over the next ten years. NIU accountancy professor Patrick Delaney is the recipient of the grant, or professorship, which helps pay for the professor's...

The International Association of Firefighters Local 1236 and the City of DeKalb are engaged in arbitration over a one year wage re-opener. The city and Local 1236 have come to a disagreement on the city's offer of a 2 percent wage increase, said Steve...

NIU's Council on Instruction will act today on a proposal to move required grade of "C" in English 103 to English 104. University Associate Provost Lou Jean Moyer said, "It seems more appropriate to have the requirement at the end of the sequence rather...

SUITLAND, Md. (AP)—President Reagan argued today "there are too few rewards" for good teachers and administrators. He said schools should adopt free-market principles of incentives and accountability to promote educational excellence. Reagan also said...

The NIU Plant Molecular Biology Center is planning a "Biotechnology Day at Northern" for March 15, University Research Professor Arnold Hampel said. "The day is still in the planning stages," Hampel said. The Illinois Board of Regents established the...

NORMAL—The Board of Regents stressed the need for a stronger state-wide commitment to higher education Thursday before adopting a resolution in support of the Illinois Board of Higher Education's fiscal year 1989 budget recommendations. "We do have...

NEW YORK (AP)—Nine out of 10 working mothers who responded to a magazine survey on housework said they do the laundry regularly in their household, the magazine has found. Husbands and children do the laundry regularly about 25 percent of the time,...

NORMAL—Student fees might be raised if the Board of Regents approves NIU's request today to seek a contracting bid to repair the brick covering of the Holmes Student Center. NIU President John LaTourette said funding the estimated $923,000 needed to...

Five vacancies in the Student Association senate will be filled by a Jan. 28 election, in which students still have the opportunity to compete. One on-campus position and four off-campus positions are vacant. Candidates can pick up "Senate Candidate Packets,"...