A student discovered a living insect in his salad Sunday at Douglas Hall cafeteria. University Food Services Manager Charlene Reiling said the student found the insect and reported it to her. "He called it a worm but I'd never seen anything like it,"...

The developmental area of the NIU psychology department will hold an open house Friday for graduate students and graduating seniors interested in the NIU Graduate Program in developmental psychology. The open house will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. in the...

For the second consecutive year, business students will be able to compete for a $200 scholarship offered by the DeKalb County Personnel Association. This year the scholarship has been extended to include Kishwaukee Community College students as well...

Tuesday's debate between Young Democrats President John Morreale and College Republicans President Gary Yambor covered issues on the trade deficit, the budget deficit and education. Other issues covered in the debate included abortion, the strategic defense...

Members of the Student Committee On Political Action talked over the idea of a "round table discussion" between NIU student leaders which would focus on student activism at NIU and campuses nationwide. SCOPA Chairman Tom Rainey said representatives from...

The Run-DMC concert scheduled for Monday, November 23 has been cancelled due to lack of ticket sales, the Campus Activities Board Concert Committee announced Wednesday. "We're very disappointed about having to cancel the show," said CAB Concert Committee...

Faculty members could be unionized if enough faculty sign a petition to hold a collective bargaining election next spring. University Professionals of Illinois are in the process of obtaining between 50 percent and 60 percent of faculties' signatures...

NIU's special education program is ranked second in the nation, following a recent study based on the number of citations of research by special education faculty. The rankings, published in the September/October issue of "Remedial and Special Education,"...

Although student leaders have proposed to keep the constitutional amendment procedure at a three-fourths vote, NIU's Presidential Task Force On Constitutional Revision decided to keep a revision in the proposed constitution which would change the vote...

The 80-member ensemble of the All-University Concert Band will perform its admission-free fall concert tonight under the direction of Frank Bibb. The concert will begin at 8:00 p.m. in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall located in the Music Building. The...

Program in effect at U of I NIU might join many other schools such as the University of Illinois in initiating a computer fee which would provide students with open access to campus computers, NIU President John LaTourette said. LaTourette said NIU already...

Nearly 260 campuses have some kind of student volunteer program, and educators are taking some of the credit for the recent swell in student interest in community services, said Mike O'Keeffe of the College Press Service. To improve higher education's...