Last week's Deaf Awareness Week, as proclaimed by NIU President John LaTourette, was evidence of the university's intent to remain a national leader in providing services and programs for the hearing impaired. Nancy Kasinski, director of the department...

The University Council Wednesday referred the grade appeal procedure to the Academic Policy Committee for review and received input on the action plan for discrimination issues. UC Executive Secretary Judith Bischoff said students are concerned there...

NIU's College of Education ranks 15th in the nation in faculty productivity, according to a 1986 report printed in the Journal of Teacher Education. The rankings, based on the research of a three-member team from Texas A&M University, measured faculty...

Marketing Instructor Robert Goering has "abandoned all extra-curricular surveys in Marketing Research 443" after inquiries were made concerning the appropriateness of one of the surveys. "There is a federal provision on human subject research in the U.S....

The Parking Committee has suggested moving student parking to the outer perimeters of campus as a possible solution to parking problems. The committee last week recommended a possible parking solution including finding an area where more spaces could...

Anyone who's ever wanted to "run away and join the circus," can live vicariously this month as the NIU Theatre Arts Department presents the musical "Carnival" the Egyptian Theatre. "‘Carnival' tells of the sometimes joyful, sometimes sad events surrounding...

A proposed policy which would limit the areas where smoking is allowed will be the discussion at a forum today. The forum will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center in room 506. "It's an opportunity for people to voice their opinions,"...

While the undergraduate grade appeal process is being reviewed by the University Council, three students are currently having problems with their appeals. One student, James Mertes, said he thinks the wording of the procedure is vague. "It is difficult...

Beginning in 1988, DeKalb Police Department personnel could be required to participate in a health maintenance program outlined by the Police Training Institute. Commission Chairman Richard Anderson said the new health plan, once adopted at the December...

Despite reports an early childhood studies program will not be jointly developed by the Department of Human and Family Resources and the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, a proposal to join the two forces is still being reviewed by the two departments....

During the last 20 years more than 2,500 NIU recipients of the Guaranteed Student Loan have neglected their loan payments resulting in more than $8 million in defaulted funds. Former college students defaulting on their GSLs has become a recent concern...

Students might have to pay more money in the future for health care on campus to cover a debt situation predicted to develop within two years. Although the NIU University Health Service is not requesting a student fee increase for fiscal year 1989, an...