The proposal to eliminate the master's degree in journalism apparently has been stalled by the College of Liberal Arts and Science's College Curriculum Committee. Instead of voting to approve the recommendation, the committee first took no action, and...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER CHRISTOPHER WILLS SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP)—Government power, not abortion, was the focus Thursday at the state Supreme Court as attorneys argued a dispute over abortions at Cook County Hospital. County Board President Richard Phelan...

NIU students and faculty interested in jazz and looking for a reason to get out of DeKalb for a night may have found one. Percussionist Tito Puente will team up with NIU's Jazz Ensemble on Oct. 8 and 9 to perform benefit concerts in Aurora and Elgin....

Drive down West Lincoln Highway and you will likely notice something new. The familiar Days Inn motel, home of the Paradise Club, has recently undergone many changes in an effort to better compete in the DeKalb area market. The most notable of these changes...

Many college students do not know how to show their parents how much they are appreciated. But two NIU students found a way. For the second year in a row, the sophomore honor society, Lambda Sigma and the senior honor society, Mortar Board, sponsored...

BOSTON—To celebrate national health care week, I took my mother to the hospital. She was in at 9 a.m., out at 2 p.m. She went in with a cataract and came out with a patch. Total cost to Medicare: $3,000. This was not a medical horror story. Nor was...

The NIU Black Expo 1993 will be Oct. 3 and 4. Activities will include a job fair, cultural displays and a choir competition. Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Duke Ellington Ballroom at the Holmes Student Center, NIU's campus will ring with the sounds of gospel...

Now that Russia is trying its hand at democracy, the Small Business Institute's student exchange program with Moscow State University of Forestry is an even more beneficial experience to curious students than it was previously. Since 1989 students at...

Family Weekend elicits exceptional behavior by students wanting to make a favorable impression on family members regarding their independent statuses at NIU. Rooms are cleaned and attitudes are polished for parents anticipating the worst. But students...

As family weekend draws near, the residence halls plan their own activities to coincide with the events planed by Campus Activities Board (CAB). The main event of the weekend is the football game against the Salukies of Southern Illinois University at...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Dennis Conrad SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP)—Illinois will spend millions of dollars on highway safety programs because lawmakers failed to adopt a law requiring motorcyclists to wear helmets. Under a 1991 law passed by Congress, states...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER NANCY BENAC WASHINGTON (AP)—Colin Powell stepped down as the nation's top military officer Thursday amid pomp and pageantry, hailed by President Clinton simply as ‘‘first and foremost, a good soldier.'‘ At a retirement...