The NIU women's field hockey team will travel to SIU-Carbondale today to encounter its first match in a four-game weekend. "Although Southern is 0-9, they are not the kind of team to overlook," coach Laurie Bell said. "We're used to a much faster game...

Student Association President Jim Fischer and Jon Dalton, vice president for student affairs, played the roles of handicapped individuals yesterday to raise awareness as a part of Unity Through Diversity Week. Equipped in a wheelchair, Fischer traveled...

Calling it "one of the best drunk driving packages we've ever come up with," Representative John Countryman, R-DeKalb, Thursday praised legislation recently signed by Gov. James Thompson. The legislation, which increases penalties for repeat drunk drivers,...

Phi Kappa Phi, the highest honorary society at NIU, has named famed NIU students as Jack Villmow Scholars for 1987-88. The scholarship program, in its sixth year, honors seniors from among those inducted into the PKP society their junior year. "NIU juniors...

More than $4 billion is available to freshmen and sophomores nationwide through private aid sources. However, Financial Aid Associate Director Nick Rengler said he is skeptical about private scholarships. Student Aid Finders is an 8-year-old service which...

Unity Through Diversity Week essay and poster contest winners were announced yesterday at a ceremony in Sandburg Auditorium. Anne Kaplan, assistant to NIU President John LaTourette, awarded a compact disc player to Tracy Deis, a freshman majoring in elementary...

NIU President John LaTourette said Wednesday the $150 tuition increase for the spring semester will cover only about $2.5 million of the recent budget cuts. LaTourette answered questions from Operating Staff Council President Diana Strink at an OSC open...

Mayor Greg Sparrow announced early this week the completion of a quality of life brochure designed to promote the DeKalb area. The city plans to use the "Distinctive DeKalb" brochure to send out community and economic development information to all interested...

Inspiration from support systems contributes to the intellectual well-being of students and motivates their learning, said Jaqueline Fleming, author of "Blacks in College," at Unity Through Diversity Week's keynote address last night. owever, Fleming,...

The voluntary manslaughter charge against legally blind NIU student Peter Gogola was dropped Wednesday at the request of First State's Attorney Michael Coghlan. Gogola's bench trial for illegal possession of a firearm without firearm owner's identification,...

Recent vandalism of College Republican fliers shows the lack of success of Unity Through Diversity Week and that discrimination of groups other than minorities exists, CR President Gary Yambor said. Yambor said some fliers he posted in DuSable Hall Tuesday...

A seven-member interfaith panel, which met yesterday as part of Unity Through Diversity Week, reached a consensus that religions do not condone discrimination. The discussion was held at the Wesley Foundation and attracted the largest audience of any...