Anyone out there ever read "Slaughterhouse Five" or listen to the Beatles? You know that they were once banned, burned or just generally condemned along with a score of other materials now widely accepted. It seems like NIU is facing a similar situation...

During last night's Student Association senate meeting, SA President Jim Fischer ripped Gov. James Thompson and the NIU administration. Fischer said Thompson's cuts in the state's higher education budget "made his blood boil" because they produced the...

A new sexual harassment policy, which includes harassment examples and a provision for due process, needs final approval from NIU President John LaTourette before being implemented. Affirmative Action Director Marilyn Monteiro said the new policy was...

A program has been started by Secretary of State Jim Edgar to review and develop highway safety education programs in elementary and high schools. The Council on Youth Highway Safety is comprised of leaders from education, business and transportation...

Provost Lou Jean Moyer said. Moyer suggested that council member Dorathea Beard draft the council's statement and present it to the task force at the hearings. The open hearing will be Oct. 19 from 1 to 3 p.m. and Oct. 20 from 9 to 11 a.m. in the Holmes...

After several weeks of planning by the Student Committee On Political Action, the pre-Day of Action rally came to life drawing the attention of nearly 100 students and passers-by with the message "education cuts never heal." The rally Thursday in the...

Laszlo Hanzely, NIU professor of biological sciences, is striving to increase the membership of the Illinois State Academy of Science. Hanzely has been the group's president since April. Hanzely, also coordinator for graduate studies in biology, said...

Ways of generating new revenues for the Holmes Student Center without resorting to an increase in student fees were discussed by an ad hoc advisory committee Wednesday. SC Acting Director Marlin Tenboer said, "We operate on an $8 million budget, and we...

Although no official recommendation has been sent to the President's Fee Study Committee, students can expect to see an increase for their health care. Even though the Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC) has not taken a final vote, the committee...

People interested in befriending children of single-parent families can learn more about the DeKalb County Big Brothers/Big Sisters program at one of two fall orientation sessions. Program director Susan Petersen said the orientation session serves two...

The Ellwood House Fall Festival Sunday will feature some of NIU's campus organizations including the NIU Steel Band and the American Association of University Women. "The festival commemorates the end of the growing season and the beginning of fall,"...

"Continued U.S. Involvement in Central America would be Undesirable" is the topic for a 40-team intercollegiate tournament to be held here this weekend. Competitors from each school will be debating this topic at the same time in various rooms in DuSable...