Starting over in any career can be difficult, especially when moving from the president's office, at the wheel of a major university, to the trenches of teaching and research. Some presidents who retain their tenure as faculty members see this option...

Faculty Senate President J. Carroll Moody will keep his position next year after he received unanimous senate approval at Wednesday's senate meeting. Moody, who also will serve as University Council executive secretary, was one of three officers elected...

More than just top NIU administration attended the last Board of Regents meeting because of the information needs of the board members. Nineteen administrators and faculty members attended the last Board of Regents meeting April 18-19 at Sangamon State...

Construction began Tuesday on a community kitchen which will serve the meal needs of DeKalb County's senior citizens. The kitchen will serve the F.O.O.D./Meals on Wheels (F/MOW) programs. F/MOW provides food for seniors at different sites located throughout...

Student Association senate members are changing their minds about the controversial Martin Luther King Jr. sculpture. Colleen Halliman, Student Affairs academic adviser, said after the SA gathered the appropriate facts from a memo by Eddie Williams, vice...

Student Association officials are fuming over what they say is an attempt by the administration to shrink from their responsibility and put it on students. The SA reaction comes from an announcement by NIU Insurance Manager Norbert Jacobs that NIU will...

Golf, tennis, bike racing, billiards and swimming are just a few of the 35 events planned for the ninth Northern Illinois Senior Olympics at NIU May 16, 17 and 18. N.I.S.O. athletes must be 55 years of age or older as of May 16, 1991 and be in good physical...

People who share similar problems can come together to solve them instead of looking to others, said a psychology professor who was invited to speak at NIU next Tuesday. Patricia Maguire, assistant professor of educational psychology at the University...

Like most students, Mary Benson is studying for finals and preparing to go out into the real world. But Benson's a little different. The 22-year-old is taking 25 hours this semester. No joke. Twenty-five hours. This semester, Benson's class schedule looks...

ALPHA will celebrate its 20th anniversary at NIU by holding an anniversary symposium Saturday. ALPHA, which stands for art, literature, philosophy, history and archaeology of the past, will hold the symposium at the Jack Arends Visual Arts Building in...

An NIU fraternity will sponsor an awards ceremony Friday to recognize outstanding contributions from NIU minorities. The Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity announced Tuesday they will host the Golden Image Awards event for the fourth year. The awards are given...

Photography students have a chance to make a permanent mark in Illinois history. The secretary of state's office is sponsoring a photograph contest in which all of the winners will have their photograph featured in the 1992 Illinois Blue Book. The contest...