Whether or not smoking should be banned in the lower lounge of NIU's Memorial Library will be the basis of a student survey conducted by the Student Association Academic Affairs Committee. David Baum, SA Academic Affairs adviser, said the survey is an...

Housing has become a focus for viewing some of the major tensions and struggles in contemporary America, said Kathy McCourt, chairman of the sociology department at Loyola University of Chicago. McCourt spoke Wednesday to NIU students on the problems...

Faculty members and Student Association representatives of NIU's Athletic Board have given mixed reactions toward a recommendation from a board committee to reduce the two groups' membership by 57 percent. The proposal from the Ad Hoc Committee on Policy...

Settlement hearings will continue on charges of unfair labor practices brought against the DeKalb Community School District No. 428 by the DeKalb Classroom Teachers Association after the two parties failed to reach an agreement. Robert Perkovich, executive...

There will be fun for all ages at noon on Saturday at the East Lagoon, when NIU hosts its Second Annual Generation Fest. Julie Lorensen, an NIU student who helped start the event last year, said NIU's Lincoln Hall staff and the Student Nurses Organization...

NIU student Chris Hoagland won the 1st Ward aldermanic slot in Tuesday's election, while the 87 percent student-populated 7th Ward will be represented by Mark Powell, who is not an NIU student. oagland squeaked by challenger David Napoli by 35 votes in...

Students in need of a bicycle, calculator, cassette player, watch or ring can attend an auction Saturday held by NIU's Public Safety Department in the center lobby of Huskie Stadium. Items recovered by the University Police, evidence from the UPs' investigations...

A new NIU patent policy for inventions of members of the university community and the formation of a task force to improve the teacher evaluation process were approved by the University Council Wednesday. The new patent policy, available to NIU students,...

Some people will be going to jail in May in an effort to kick some bad habits and raise money for the American Heart Association. The DeKalb County Heart Unit is sponsoring a new fund-raising event for the American Heart Association called "Cardiac Arrest,"...

NIU acting Vice President and Provost Daniel Wit withdrew his application for the position of provost yesterday and has been replaced by an alternate candidate. James Lankford, co-chairman of the Provost Search Committee, said Wit removed his name from...

General education requirements and teacher evaluations were among the issues addressed by two provost candidates at open forums held recently at NIU. Members of the university community questioned Mark Auburn of the University of Arkansas last Tuesday...

John Callaway, WTTW-TV's senior correspondent, will receive the NIU journalism department's award for 1987 Illinois Journalist of the Year at the 39th annual journalism banquet Friday. "He (Callaway) is a great interviewer. You could use him as a text...