NIU President John LaTourette spent his spring break in a truly "hot spot"—Honduras, where U.S. troops were sent last week in response to a Nicaraguan incursion there. LaTourette said he and his wife, Lili, joined a group of 20 people visiting the site...

NIU Biology Professor Sidney Mittler, 70, 227 Forsythe Lane, died Sunday in Kishwaukee Community Hospital. Jack Bennett, another biology professor, said Mittler was an important contributor to the field of genetics and mutation research. "Dr. Mittler...

The gap left by the January resignation of the Student Association Tenant Union director was filled Sunday when the SA senate approved an appointee. The new director will plan programs and events to help students find housing and resolve tenant/landlord...

Free condoms will be provided to students by NIU's Health Enhancement Services for the rest of the spring semester. Steve Lux, health educator, said condoms will no longer be sold by the University Health Service pharmacy. Instead, all condom distribution...

An NIU graduate assistant has joined a physical education faculty member in protesting the instructor's possible dismissal May 10. Carlos Silvestre, a P.E. graduate assistant, began collecting signatures on a petition March 11 to object to the dismissal...

The University Council approved two changes in NIU's academic calendar extending to the year 2003 at their March 9 meeting. James Lankford, chairman of the UC Faculty Assembly University Affairs Committee, said the first change involves the starting date...

Student Association President Jim Fischer presented his proposal of an NIU constitutional bylaw amendment to the University Council Wednesday specifying six credit hours as the requirement for the SA president to serve on the council. In a special meeting...

WASHINGTON (AP)—In a budget that calls for few tax changes, President Reagan today recommended a tax break to help parents save to pay for a college education for their children. The president, in submitting his 1989 budget to Congress, said he will...

Audio-visual equipment and computers have been added to the Foreign Language Center in anticipation of employment trends and the creation of a master's degree program. Marilyn Skinner, chairwoman of the department of foreign language and literature, said...

The Student Committee on Political Action decided Thursday to ask NIU officials to cancel classes during the Day of Action April 13 and inform students about the group's efforts. Todd Kuzma, SA President Pro-tempore, said at SCOPA's meeting in the SA...

The Student Association Internal Affairs Committee discussed Wednesday the Student Committee On Financial Aid's bylaws and decided to recommend categorical and wording changes to the SA senate. SCOFA was designed to help students learn about available...

Students who transfer to NIU with sophomore standing usually do not do as well as transfer juniors and seniors already set in their majors. Dan House, a research associate for NIU's Institutional Research, said students that transfer to NIU as sophomores...