A cultural pluralism class might be required if proposals presented by NIU's Liberal Arts and Sciences College or an ad-hoc committee are approved. Revising the general education curriculum and specifically redefining the requirements within the humanities...

College undergraduates lack basic academic skills and do not work hard enough at their studies, according to a survey of 5,000 college faculty members. More than two-thirds of the faculty surveyed in the Carnegie Foundation poll said colleges spend too...

The InterFraternity Council's Judicial Board tried a case this week concerning Phi Kappa Theta fraternity for violations of the IFC alcohol policy pertaining to spontaneous events. The board found the fraternity guilty of violating the policy for an incident...

Funeral services for Michael W. Tubbs, 18, will be at 11 a.m. today at the United Church of Byron, Second and Colfax Streets in Byron, Ill. Burial will be at Byron Cemetary. Tubbs died Tuesday night after the plane he was flying crashed about one and...

For those of you who deemed it necessary to stay away from the Duke Ellington Ballroom while the Pixies played all I have to say is HA! HA! Don't ever complain that NIU cannot attract good talent for concerts. NIU Campus Activities Board Concert committee...

Most of the followers are sick, yet there is no epidemic. Their beliefs are not illegal; their methods of worship are. Their god is not real but their suicides and sacrifices to appease Satan are very much so. In the last decade, more and more reports...

Joseph Mankiewicz's "Suddenly, Last Summer" is a fine film adaptation of a Tennessee Williams play. The film features a stellar class including Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, and Katherine Hepburn. The provocative screenplay was written by Gore Vidal...

Picture this: The film "Dad" is playing in the DeKalb area and was skillfully directed by a protege of Steven Spielberg. It contains top-notch performances from the well-balanced cast of Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson and Olympia Dukakis. "Where does the line...

A major brewing company will sponsor a memorial scholarship fund for the children of American military veterans. The 1990 Coors Veterans' Memorial Scholarship Fund will award $500,000 in scholarships to a minimum of 100 sons and daughters of American...

One week from today we'll all be patting our ballooned tummies and saying, "Oh, I'm stuffed...pass the pumpkin pie, Aunt Bertha. Yeah, the whipped cream too." It's that time of year again. Thanksgiving and the ensuing holiday season conjure up many meanings,...

NIU graduate Peter Krysik currently is involved with a hot little telephone number called "It's Chgo" (312-487-2446). "It's Chgo" is an entertainment hotline that informs people of such leisure opportunities as restaurants, nightclubs, hotels, theaters,...

As the holiday season draws near, two DeKalb groups are planning events to benefit the soul and the body. McCabe's is continuing its Christmas Day dinner tradition which began in 1982. McCabe's owner Glen Goering said about 10 percent of NIU's students...