AP NATIONAL WRITER ROBERT DVORCHAK NEW YORK (AP)—Looking for a sign of the times? Try a circle with a red slash through it and fill in the blank. No smoking—in offices, restaurants, planes, airports, the White House and sports stadiums (baseball has...

NIU's administration is denying it violated its own policy while attempting to appease the Illinois Board of Higher Education's recommendations for program cuts. During the spring semester, NIU's Academic Planning Council prioritized programs recommended...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Al Bravo PHOENIX (AP)—A jury convicted a 19-year-old military enthusiast Monday of robbing and killing nine people at a Buddhist temple in what a prosecutor said was the biggest murder case in Arizona history. Johnathan Doody...

Students with a little time to spare and a desire to help out in the community should consider what many students have already found to be a fulfilling experience—being a big brother or big sister. The Big Brother/Big Sister program matches children...

It seems as if Mother Nature has been playing a nasty trick on us lately. The heavy showers the Midwest has been experiencing are supposed to occur in April, not July, so the question arises—Are these abnormal rains a fluke, or are weather patterns...

The Illinois Board of Higher Education will be meeting today to discuss administrative functions, support systems and academic calendars of Illinois public universities. The IBHE will be directing its Priorities, Quality and Productivity initiative toward...

With the Lucinda Avenue construction project well underway, some area businesses are seeing a drop in summer sales. The change in traffic patterns, due to the road being open only to westbound traffic, has hurt a number of businesses in the Village Commons...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER ANGUS SHAW MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP)—A Somali mob turned on journalists and killed an Associated Press photographer and a Reuters photographer on Monday, after U.N. helicopters fired cannon and missiles at a renegade warlord's...

Several interesting sessions have been planned this summer to improve the working environment and relationships at the employee and faculty level. Rosemarie Ostberg, NIU's training coordinator, planned sessions which she feels are relevant to the people...

Boston—It's not that I am without sympathy for Hollywood. At times, the moguls of the entertainment world have, after all, been the innocent victims of false accusations. Nevertheless, I watched for years with morbid fascination as the entertainment...

WASHINGTON—When President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, he called it "one of the most monumental laws in the entire history of American freedom." For once, Johnson was not exaggerating.. A few pieces of legislation have changed American...

WASHINGTON—"I've got to see you," Charles Ballard insists over the telephone, his excitement almost palpable. "I've got to show you." What has him agog is the report of a panel the Cleveland Foundation commissioned to look at his National Institute...