NIU's Council on Instruction will act today on a proposal to move required grade of "C" in English 103 to English 104. University Associate Provost Lou Jean Moyer said, "It seems more appropriate to have the requirement at the end of the sequence rather...

SUITLAND, Md. (AP)—President Reagan argued today "there are too few rewards" for good teachers and administrators. He said schools should adopt free-market principles of incentives and accountability to promote educational excellence. Reagan also said...

The NIU Plant Molecular Biology Center is planning a "Biotechnology Day at Northern" for March 15, University Research Professor Arnold Hampel said. "The day is still in the planning stages," Hampel said. The Illinois Board of Regents established the...

NORMAL—The Board of Regents stressed the need for a stronger state-wide commitment to higher education Thursday before adopting a resolution in support of the Illinois Board of Higher Education's fiscal year 1989 budget recommendations. "We do have...

NEW YORK (AP)—Nine out of 10 working mothers who responded to a magazine survey on housework said they do the laundry regularly in their household, the magazine has found. Husbands and children do the laundry regularly about 25 percent of the time,...

NORMAL—Student fees might be raised if the Board of Regents approves NIU's request today to seek a contracting bid to repair the brick covering of the Holmes Student Center. NIU President John LaTourette said funding the estimated $923,000 needed to...

Five vacancies in the Student Association senate will be filled by a Jan. 28 election, in which students still have the opportunity to compete. One on-campus position and four off-campus positions are vacant. Candidates can pick up "Senate Candidate Packets,"...

SPRINGFIELD (AP)—The following is a list of the 15 worst accident rate locations on state- or federal-numbered routes in Illinois, based on data from the state Department of Transportation. The rate used for each road segment is based on the number...

Webster's dictionary defines the word inept as "unsuitable, unfit, foolish, awkward and clumsy." If the venerable scholars who put together this lexicon were ever to turn their hand to film criticism, they might add the title of Dan Aykroyd's latest film...

CARBONDALE (AP) _Baptist minister Paul Wrenn really sinks his teeth into his mission, promoting his sermons by lifting the heaviest member of the audience with his mouth. But he bit off more than he could chew when he pulled up a 385-pound coal miner...

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP)—Shiite Moslem militiamen withdrew Wednesday from all positions ringing Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut, ending a nearly 3-year-old siege. Syrian troops immediately rolled into buffer zones around the Chatilla and Bourj el-Barajneh...

Although some NIU students had to wait up to six weeks to receive financial aid checks last year, financial aid officials say they do not foresee delays in the 1988-89 academic year. Jerry Augsburger, NIU financial aid director, said he does not anticipate...