NIU visitors, now exempt from certain parking citations, might have to pay for their violations. Campus Parking Manager Lynn Fraser said she will bring up the issue of visitor parking abuses for consideration at the regular Campus Parking Committee meeting...

NEW YORK (AP)—Mike Tyson will defend his undisputed heavyweight title against Michael Spinks in June, Spinks' adviser said Wednesday. "We've agreed verbally," Butch Lewis said after months of often-bitter negotiations. "We're now having the contract...

Several Student Association senators who signed up to man voter registration tables during add/drop failed to show up, which resulted in failure of that part of the registration drive. SA Sen. Joe Annunzio said at the first SA meeting senators did not...

The University Council Faculty Assembly recommended the size of the NIU Athletic Board be reduced from 34 to 20 members to conform with national university standards. The Faculty Assembly's Rules and Governance Committee presented the reduction proposal...

Local and state officials are disputing an Illinois law that went into effect Jan. 1 which requires couples applying for marriage licenses to take a blood test to screen for exposure to the AIDS virus. Sen. Paul Simon, D-Ill., and DeKalb County Clerk...

Time management and motivational skills are two topics the "Future Student Leadership Conference" will focus on to aid students in their roles as students and leaders. The Office of University Programming and Activities is sponsoring the Saturday conference,...

Editor's note: This is the second of a three part series on higher education funding. Part 2 deals with the administrator's views on funding. Tuesday, Gov. James Thompson told administrators they have to convince the Illinois General Assembly to approve...

Three senior faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences intend to resign after this semester because of a lack of teaching resources. "Faculty morale is a problem," LA&S Dean Peter Nicholls said. "They are trying to do their job,...

Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part series on higher education funding. Part one deals with the students' role in the funding process. Student leaders urge other students to become more active in their roles as lobbyists and voters to show...

CHICAGO—Educational groups across the state are forming a coalition to work together in support of a state-wide tax increase needed to fund and strengthen all levels of education in Illinois. After a joint meeting of the Illinois Board of Higher Education...

The University Council Faculty Assembly will discuss today at its regular meeting the possible reduction of the Athletic Board's size. Judy Bischoff, executive secretary of the UC, said the Faculty Assembly's Committee "B" will recommend the board be...

Former NIU marketing professor David Richard Rink will be cleared of two forgery charges on Feb. 9, and might appeal his university dismissal in March. State's Attorney Philip DiMarzio said the Feb. 9 court date was set to determine the status of the...