BEIJING (AP) _The class boycott by Beijing university students demanding democracy has spread to the nearby city of Tianjin despite heavy pressure from local authorities, students in Tianjin said Sunday. They also said about 10,000 students from Tianjin...

The NIU Black Student Union will hold elections today for next year's executive board positions. Votes may be cast in the Holmes Student Center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and are open to all NIU students. NIU junior Chris Obanner is running unopposed for next...

The Illinois Board of Higher Education will update education-related bills currently in review by the Illinois State Legislature at the board's scheduled Tuesday meeting. The board will meet at Illinois Benedictine College in Lisle at 9 a.m. Ten of the...

William R. Monat, eighth president of Northern Illinois University and first chancellor of the state's regency universities system, has been chosen to serve as special liaison to the president to plan NIU's centennial celebration. The celebration will...

A Sigma Pi fraternity member was arrested after one of the two high school seniors he was charged with giving alcohol to was taken to Kishwaukee Community Hospital late Saturday night for possible alcohol poisoning. Larry W. Moy, 21, 917 Edgebrook Drive,...

"I have a test tomorrow and I still can't find the book anywhere." NIU book vendors have heard this complaint from students throughout the semester, in reaction to a so-called textbook shortage occurring statewide and nationwide. Richard Boardman, textbook...

NIU President John LaTourette and the NIU Faculty Club will honor 22 retiring faculty members Friday, with the annual faculty recognition dinner to be held in the Holmes Student Center's Regency Room. Faculty Club President Robert Keim, will preside at...

An NIU assistant professor of anthropology has been selected to attend a three-week seminar on research methods in cultural anthropology sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Susan Russell was chosen to be one of 12 participants selected from...

The Chemistry Club has established a scholarship fund for eligible chemistry majors for the fall 1990 semester, and part of that fund comes from an unusual source: the department's glassblower. When not making "condensers and ampules," Glassblower Ed...

Sigma Chi fraternity held a discussion forum on racism and cultural pluralism Wednesday night in the Heritage Room of the Holmes Student Center. Tracy Deis, Black Student Union president and Morenike Cheatom, Student Association minority relations adviser,...

Kishwaukee Community Hospital's month-old "no smoking" policy caps off a three-year process that has involved gradual smoking restrictions in several areas of the hospital. Brad Copple, the hospital's vice president of support services, said the move...

An NIU chemistry professor will return to Yugoslavia after 11 years of conducting joint research on anti-convulsants for epileptics. David Piatak, NIU chemistry graduate studies director, said he will work on two projects with the faculty at the University...