An annual seminar to address black concerns in education will be held at NIU this year. The regional seminar of the Illinois Committee on Black Concerns in Higher Education is held at Illinois colleges every year, said Barbara Henley, student affairs...

Student Association Vice President Tanya Smith is bound by the group's constitution to perform any extra jobs others request. But Smith says she shouldn't have to do what other executives tell her to do. Smith said she has not attended recent staff meetings...

Two out of every 1,000 college student tested at 35 U.S. campuses are infected with the AIDS virus, according to federal reports. That might be good news considering those were the same figures given by a survey 18 months ago. The proportion of HIV-positive...

Republican Sharon Holmes won her bid for the DeKalb County Clerk position Tuesday night. The voters chose Holmes with a total of 11,518 votes, while casting 8,638 for Democrat opponent Susan Johnson. "I'm real appreciative of all the people who helped...

The Student Association Recycling Center learned Tuesday it will receive a grant of $5,371 from the Department of Energy and Natural Resources. Out of 116 applications for grants, 27 were granted and NIU got one, said SA Recycling Center Adviser David...

The Washington Post David Broder Twenty years ago this week, Edmund S. Muskie of Maine, then a U.S. Senator, made one of the remarkable speeches of this era—a speech as pertinent to the campaign just ending as to the 1970 contest in which it was given....

An NIU physical educator believes high school students can prevent serious cholesterol problems in later years through diet and exercise. Because of a special interest in cholesterol, Associate Professor Jim Rimmer is beginning a research project involving...

Rewarding Democratic voters with two-liter bottles of soda could result in voter fraud charges if allegations prove valid. And State Sen. Patrick Welch might have some answering to do if alleged fraud participants were directly involved in his campaign....

The federal government, Pentagon, taxpayers and anyone receiving or being denied a ROTC scholarship should sue the pants off Stephanie Atkinson. And Atkinson, 23, should be rotting in some God-forsaken dungeon serving as a poor excuse for a prison cell...

The department of physical education will soon have a new master's program in sport management if it gains higher approval, a physical education professor said. The Graduate Council approved the plan for the new specialization at the council meeting Monday,...

Brad Burzynski was chosen Tuesday to be the 76th district's next State Representative. With 7 percent of the precincts counted Burzynski was ahead of Democratic opponent Robert Tisch 702 votes to 381 votes. Burzynski said he "hoped tonight is the start...

Pat Welch was elected Tuesday night to his third term as 38th district State Senator. With 28 percent of district precincts tallied, Welch led Republican challenger Nancy Beasley by 9,490 to 5,859 votes. "The election turned out a lot better than we anticipated,"...