A group of 33 Scandinavian educators are participating this week in a 12-day workshop for outdoor education at NIU's Loredo Taft Field Campus, located in Oregon, Illinois. The group includes college professors from Sweden's Umea University, the Swedish...

The School of Art and the Center for International and Special Programs are sponsoring a summer program to Europe and Asia for graduate and undergraduate credit. Dimitri Liakos, professor and chairman of Art History, is directing the program, which gives...

At Sunday's Student Association Senate meeting SA Vice President Cam Davis opened the floor for discussion of his involvement with the Phi Beta Sigma flier incident. "I know a lot of you (senators) have been talking behind my back about what I did or...

While there was plenty of coed gymnastics action to watch at Chick Evans Field House Friday and Sunday, many eyes were on the NIU women tumblers. Both the NIU men's and women's squads were hosts Friday night, but the women stole the show. The women Huskies...

The Student Committee on Political Action decided Thursday to ask the NIU administration to cancel classes for the Day of Action II April 13. This would enable all students who wish to participate in the day's activities to do so without skipping classes....

The provost's office this week will send a final draft of NIU's annual academic plan, including research from the past year and goals for the future, to the Board of Regents in anticipation of the March board meeting. NIU Provost Kendall Baker said, "The...

The Council on Instruction met Thursday to discuss changes drafted by the Subcommittee on Constitutional Revision to the proposed University Bylaws revisions. The University Bylaws revisions first were presented to the COI Feb. 4 by James Banovetz, Presidential...

Illinois legislators told a group of about 120 DeKalb County residents to look toward alternative revenues rather than depending on a tax increase to fund education. The DeKalb County Farm Bureau, located at 315 N. 6th St., hosted the question-and-answer...

Five organizations allocated funds by the Student Associaton Finance Committee Wednesday said they will use the money for improvements to and functioning of their groups. The finance committee's funding recommendations must get final approval from the...

NIU student radio station WKDI and NIU's art department might be prospects to use space in Kishwaukee Hall if WNIU moves out of the building and into the Palmer Building, 801 N. First St. Both WKDI and the art department use space in Kishwaukee Hall....

WASHINGTON (AP)—President Reagan proposed Thursday his smallest Pentagon increase but sharply higher spending for AIDS research and airline safety in a $1.1 trillion fiscal 1989 budget that was largely pre-ordained in a deal with Congress. "This budget...

Establishing and maintaining good credit can be difficult for students, but it's not impossible. If you're old enough to sign a binding contract—18 in Illinois—you're old enough to obtain credit. The following explains how to obtain credit and what...