NIU Provost Kendall Baker met with two university constituents Wednesday and Thursday to discuss a rough draft on his paper on academic priorities for NIU. On Wednesday, Baker discussed the second draft of the paper with the Faculty Assembly. "I have...

NIU ranked first on pass rates for Certified Public Accountant exams for the fourth consecutive year, a report from the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy stated. The report was based on pass rates from May 1986 CPAs. NIU students with...

DeKalb high school teacher Linda Finn is now an official candidate for clerk of the circuit court after filing her petition to the County Clerk's office Thursday. Finn said she is already forming grass roots, organizing fundraisers and planning ideas...

An NIU faculty member and administrator were named to the national board of minority higher education. Walt Owens, assistant professor of physical education, who is also chairman of NIU's Commission on the Status of Minorities; and Marilyn Monteiro, Affirmative...

University Police are warning students of increased book thefts on campus after two book bags were stolen Thursday. Officer Al Eklund said police see an increased number of book thefts during this time of the year because students can return their books...

WDKI is taking another step to retain their United Press International wire service by planning a referendum proposal to be submitted to the Student Association Supreme Court for review, WDKI Program Manager Marna Coldwater said. The SA senate voted against...

In an effort to help Chinese students understand and read English newspapers, NIU's International and Special Programs will sponsor a journalism professor's trip to China. Associate professor Donald Peterson will teach a course in newspaper reading to...

NIU Law School Dean Leonard Strickman joined other law deans in supporting a merit selection proposal for the replacement of Illinois judges. Judicial vacancies should be filled by a merit system rather than an election, Strickman said. He said he supported...

Student Association President Jim Fischer is ineligible to serve as a student member of the University Council because he is not taking the required nine credit hours this semester. NIU's Constitution and Bylaws state, "Students in good academic standing...

An NIU art professor will be exhibiting his work this holiday season in a New York gallery. Professor Walter Ball, a drawing and painting instructor in NIU's school of art, will exhibit "The Mirage Series" in the Noho Gallery, located in Manhattan, from...

Two campus organizations are benefitting from the Second City show performed last month in the Duke Ellington Ballroom. Phi Kappa Sigma, sponsor of the show, donated part of the show's proceeds Thursday to the NIU Shirley W. Nelson Campus Child Care Center...

The Student Association Parking Committee Thursday met with parking representative Henry Winsor and suggested the need for increased student representation on committees dealing with parking problems. The Administrative Parking Task Force is an advisory...