An NIU husband and wife faculty team developed a new approach for speech pathology which is receiving national attention for the treatment of speech and language disorders. NIU's Department of Communicative Disorders Chairman Jim Andrews and his wife...

NIU faculty and administrators have expressed support for Gov. James Thompson's proposed tax increase, calling the proposal a necessity if faculty and staff members expect a pay raise next year. Richard Beard, president of the NIU chapter of the University...

NIU's annual Gay and Lesbian Awareness Week will feature films on gay relationships, gay and lesbian comedians performing in the Student Center and Jeans Day. Awareness week gives the straight population of NIU a chance to see gays and lesbians' side...

The possible ban of buses from North Greek Row will be discussed at an open forum tonight at the Delta Upsilon fraternity house. David Baum, Student Association Academic Affairs adviser and DU member, said 1st Ward Alderman Ron Matekaitis will attend...

Faculty and staff members at Illinois state colleges might not get a 6 percent pay raise next year due to a lack of support for Gov. James Thompson's proposed tax increase. oss Hodel, Illinois Board of Higher Education deputy director of fiscal affairs,...

Arguments for and against drug testing of intercollegiate athletes were put head-to-head Monday night in a debate organized by NIU's Forensic Speech and Debate Team. Two opposing teams with two members each presented cases regarding drug testing of athletes....

The Student Association has proposed more than 10 changes to the NIU judicial code in an effort to update the system. One change would be to divide the current code's general harassment charge into three categories, including ethnic and sexual harassment...

An NIU anthropology professor directed a team of students and scientists who uncovered spectacular 1,200-year-old jade and flint artifacts in an ancient Mayan city. William Fash led 12 students to the discovery in Copan, a Mayan city in western Honduras....

NIU will host the annual spring meeting of the Northern Illinois Newspaper Association for the second consecutive year on April 9. "The meeting will be held at NIU again for convenience. More and more NIU students are starting to work in the (journalism)...

GIVE BLOOD! This is also the message given by the Aurora Area Blood Bank this month as it sponsors the second annual blood drive competition between NIU and Western Illinois University. NIU, which won the contest last year, needs to have 2.9 percent of...

During the next three weeks, various university groups will be interviewing the five provost candidates chosen by the search committee last week. Among those chosen were NIU administrators Daniel Wit, acting vice president and provost, and James Norris,...

Foreign language classes not only are helpful in getting a diploma, they also might help your career, said Elizabeth Weiss, member of an international foreign language honor society. Phi Sigma Iota will be sponsoring a career conference Monday emphasizing...