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...

A graduate marketing research class will evaluate the Holmes Student Center Bookstore in an attempt to increase sales. Gary Clark, marketing assistant professor, said the bookstore "hired" his marketing research class and provided them with a budget for...

Theft and mutilation of library materials are "the two big enemies" faced by the University Libraries, Library Director Ted Welch said. In 1987, mutilation of library journals resulted in the replacement of 10,000 pages. Welch estimated three to four...

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP)—Iranian-backed Hezbollah extremists clashed Sunday with Shiite militiamen searching for a kidnapped U.S. Marine and declared support for his abductors. A Hezbollah leader said he believed Lt. Col. William R. Higgins had been smuggled...

RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Mo. (AP)—Judy and John Simmons will soon need some babysitters at their home in Creal Springs in southern Illinois. With 4-year-old twins still in their cribs, Mrs. Simmons has given birth to quadruplets: Joshua, Jennifer, Jenny and...

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...

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...

Five NIU student organizations were allocated more than $44,730 Wednesday by the Student Association Finance Committee. The budget requests must receive final approval from the SA Senate which will begin budgeting Feb. 28. Forensics received $18,969,...

The Downtown DeKalb Council estimated about $100,000 each year will be needed to revitalize downtown DeKalb and develop the central business district. DeKalb Council President Lance Hansen told about 50 property owners and merchants at Matthew Boone's,...