WASHINGTON (AP) - The House voted Thursday to raise the hourly minimum wage from $3.35 to $4.55 by October 1991, rejecting a more modest increase proposed by President Bush and sending the partisan battle to the Senate. The House adjourned for a week-long...

The InterFraternity Council voted at Tuesday night's meeting to implement a revised IFC alcohol policy to replace the policy currently in effect. The first IFC alcohol policy emphasized the control and distribution of alcohol at fraternity parties and...

NIU President John LaTourette recently addressed the relationship between the economic development of the "Golden Corridor" and higher education. The "Golden Corridor" runs for 23 miles between O'Hare International Airport and Elgin along Interstate 90....

One of the goals the DeKalb County Nursing Home administrator set for himself when he took the position almost a year ago was to utilize the opportunities available in the "university community." "In an era of tighter and tighter public funding, we're...

The fate of Wirtz House will be addressed within the next few weeks when NIU students, faculty and staff can express their opinions in open meetings about the house's possible removal. Members of the commons' renovations committee will attempt to get...

While Spring Break might have found most NIU students in a week-long state of procrastination, the Huskie men's tennis team got its work done early. NIU topped North Carolina-Asheville 7-2 and St. Louis University 9-0 last Monday. A cancellation against...

The DeKalb Human Relations Commission will decide April 4 whether or not to send a proposal for a gay rights ordinance to the DeKalb City Council. "I'll bring it up to the commission myself, and it will be voted on and hopefully sent to the city council,"...

Doctors still resist routine testing of youngsters ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP)—Doctors will resist testing every child for unhealthy cholesterol levels, despite a study that suggests two-thirds of youngsters at risk of heart disease go undetected, experts...

Kappa Delta sorority members will collect donations Thursday for the National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse in Cole Hall as part of their annual Shamrock Project. Members also will collect money Saturday at the St. Charles mall. Tan Lines...

A bill in the Illinois General Assembly that would sever NIU's ties with its governing board faces a long, difficult path through the legislature. Sen. Patrick Welch, D-Peru, introduced a bill early this year that would remove NIU from the 12-member Board...

Repairs for an estimated $25,000 in damages resulting from a Jan. 29 arson fire in the Holmes Student Center are almost complete. Judd Baker, Holmes Student Center director, said all repairs except the installation of two fire doors, ceiling tiles and...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A new form of chromium could help athletes beef up their bodies without dangerous anabolic steroids, enable diabetics to use less insulin and cut cholesterol, a researcher said Tuesday. Gary Evans, a chemistry professor at Bemidji State...