While research provides faculty with knowledge and insight into their field, it also can draw teachers away from the classroom. Students, however, do not have to suffer from this situation. James Norris, dean of NIU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,...

Sangamon State University President Durward Long denied allegations that he fondled a female student at an SSU party and said he has not committed any sexual harassment "in the broadest sense" of the meaning. Long's response reported Tuesday by the SSU...

As Thanksgiving kicks off the pre-Christmas shopping craze, millions of gift-givers, nationwide will crowd the stores, abuse their credit cards and try to find "perfect" gifts for loved ones. In DeKalb, the task might be made easier for Christmas shoppers...

NIU civil service employees might find that completing or continuing their education is easier and more affordable than they thought. The university is offering tuition waivers for the spring 1989 semester to all university full- and part-time civil service...

The construction of the Superconducting Super Collider in Texas, in accordance with the tentative decision of John Herrington, secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, could have a negative effect on NIU's present advantages. The SSC is a 53-mile underground...

WASHINGTON—The reason so many inner-city youngsters are tempted into the high-risk, high-profit drug racket, a Washington police official ventured the other day, is that they are fundamentally fatalists, neither demanding nor expecting more from life...

The NIU Sexual Assault Response Team will be left without two of its most important factions if university administration decides to cut the University Health Services' third shift next fall. Blanche McHugh, Sexual Assault Task Force director, said that...

"The Impact of Mexican Immigration on the United States: Past, Present and Future" will be the topic discussed by Jose Cuello at a lecture on Nov. 22. The general public is invited to the 8 p.m. lecture, which will be held in room 505 at the Holmes Student...

Tomorrow is the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout. Smokers are encouraged to stop smoking at least for one day. Hopefully, tomorrow will be the first day of many long smokefree lives. The Smokeout is just one way the society is trying...

In an attempt to curb the number of illegal fliers circulated on campus, the Student Association's Public Relations Committee will formally propose that a kiosk be built in the King Memorial Commons. The kiosk, an eight-sided structure similiar to the...

DeKalb County Clerk Terry Desmond verified that two illegal campaigning reports were received at his office last week, but said he has little reason to believe the incidents were directly attributable to the named candidates. "A couple of calls were handled...

A Kane County Sheriff's Department spokesman refuted an article in Tuesday's Chicago Tribune which said drugs might have been involved in the death of an NIU student mauled by two pit bull dogs Thursday. The spokesman, who would not give his name, said...