Last week employees of The Northern Star got some of the best journalism training available—one-on-one consultation with a practicing journalism professional. Jean Davidson, Chicago Bureau Chief at the Chicago Tribune worked as a "visiting adviser"...

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) stipends are definitely something to keep in mind for NIU graduate and undergraduate students keeping their eyes open for the future. NEH is an independent federal agency that was established by Congress in...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER DENNIS CONRAD SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP)—Attorneys poured at least $665,000 last year into the personal campaign fund of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, who has killed legal reform legislation that could cut their income....

BOSTON—The fog had fallen over the Labor Day coast like a curtain officially bringing down the summer season. We followed it south, bumper to bumper, riding from vacation to home, passing through tollgates that marked time off from time on. By the next...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER DENNIS CONRAD SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP)—Gov. Jim Edgar and legislative leaders reported no progress from a Sunday negotiating session that searched for an answer to the Chicago public school crisis. Earlier Sunday, the Chicago Board...

While some of NIU's top administrators are spending thousands of dollars and months of time away from the university, the average faculty member might be feeling a little stranded at NIU. Several top administrators have unanimously agreed that NIU's faculty...

For 40 years the NIU reading clinic has worked at helping students who have difficulty with reading. The NIU Reading Clinic, established in 1953, now is accepting appointments for their fall, winter and spring assessment clinics for students from second...

Classes for 3,800 DeKalb public school students resumed today after the teacher's strike that closed the schools for 12 days ended Friday. DeKalb schools opened today after the Board of Education and the DeKalb Classroom Teachers Association (DCTA) reached...

WASHINGTON (AP)—Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin, wary partners in peace after decades of enmity, stood ready to reshape the Middle East with the ceremonial signing of an agreement that will set the stateless Palestinian people on the road to independence....

NIU faculty members will receive five percent raises this year, based on merit points divided between classroom teaching, research and public service. Each of the seven colleges at NIU has an individualized system of rating faculty for merit raises. Some...

An increase in the crime statistics for 1992 could be from the increase in public awareness and crime prevention according to George Shur, university legal council. "The statistics are very misleading, NIU is no more dangerous than a year ago. In fact...

Adventures in Barbland is not just a play land for the children of DeKalb and its surrounding towns. The project fosters a sense of community spirit and pride that enables all members of the DeKalb community to become involved. The concept for Adventures...