A new interdisciplinary degree in the NIU College of Education and the College of Professional Studies awaits approval from the Illinois Board of Higher Education. The bachelor of science degree in early childhood studies was approved by the Board of...

Let's get out the vote! Hopefully, Student Association Vice President Gregg Bliss won't be right again. Bliss assessed last September's voter turnout in the SA senate election this way: "Even with all the press we received, people still walked past the...

When it comes to the seemingly endless and tedious process of class registration, NIU students should learn to accept complications as "just one of those things." That is how Director of Registration and Records Richard Durfee referred to the more than...

Alaska might have been the 49th state admitted to the union, but according to the National Education Association, that state ranks first in public school teacher salaries. The average salary for a teacher in Alaska this year is $41,693. Connecticut, New...

Details leading to the connection of two area youths with a crime spree that caused about $27,000 in damages in the last six months still are sketchy. University Police Lt. Ron Williams declined to release information that led to the boys' involvement...

HAVANA (AP) - Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev arrived Sunday in Cuba for talks with President Fidel Castro, who has criticized the Soviet leader's new pragmatic brand of communism. Gorbachev's blue and white Aeroflot jetliner touched down at Havana's...

Chicago mayoral candidates Cook County State's Attorney Richard M. Daley, Ald. Timothy Evans and Ald. Edward Vrdolyak will find out Tuesday how well their campaign efforts have paid off. Three NIU students expressed their opinions on who they believe...

In the race for DeKalb mayor, the clear-cut and best choice is to elect Greg Sparrow to a third term. Sparrow has the experience necessary to continue to lead DeKalb towards economic growth. He has demonstrated a willingness to work hard for the city....

The devastating figures from this nation's worst oil spill in history are beginning to roll in, and for some, the worst nightmare is now a reality. Now that some 10 million gallons of oil have spilled into the once pristine coastal wilderness of Alaska,...

Tracy Deis, NIU Black Student Union president, said the main purpose of the Black Student Union is to serve as a black cultural awareness education group for all NIU students and to promote cultural unity between all races. Deis said any fee-paying NIU...

A full audience in the Swen Parson Moot Courtroom heard Saturday the cases of four NIU law students in the conclusion of the Seventh Annual NIU Prize Moot Court Competition. The competition, which began on Feb. 22, featured the case of the People's Temple...

NIU students registered to vote in DeKalb County can cast their ballots in Tuesday's mayoral election in one of seven polling places. Polling booths are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Polling places for each DeKalb township precinct in student-populated areas...