Ensuring access to higher education for as many people possible and working for job training are some issues on the platform of presidential hopeful, U.S. Sen. Paul Simon, D-Ill. Simon, elected to the U.S. Senate in 1984, authorized the formation of his...

Settlement hearings will continue on charges of unfair labor practices brought against the DeKalb Community School District No. 428 by the DeKalb Classroom Teachers Association after the two parties failed to reach an agreement. Robert Perkovich, executive...

There will be fun for all ages at noon on Saturday at the East Lagoon, when NIU hosts its Second Annual Generation Fest. Julie Lorensen, an NIU student who helped start the event last year, said NIU's Lincoln Hall staff and the Student Nurses Organization...

NIU student Chris Hoagland won the 1st Ward aldermanic slot in Tuesday's election, while the 87 percent student-populated 7th Ward will be represented by Mark Powell, who is not an NIU student. oagland squeaked by challenger David Napoli by 35 votes in...

Students in need of a bicycle, calculator, cassette player, watch or ring can attend an auction Saturday held by NIU's Public Safety Department in the center lobby of Huskie Stadium. Items recovered by the University Police, evidence from the UPs' investigations...

A new NIU patent policy for inventions of members of the university community and the formation of a task force to improve the teacher evaluation process were approved by the University Council Wednesday. The new patent policy, available to NIU students,...

Some people will be going to jail in May in an effort to kick some bad habits and raise money for the American Heart Association. The DeKalb County Heart Unit is sponsoring a new fund-raising event for the American Heart Association called "Cardiac Arrest,"...

NIU acting Vice President and Provost Daniel Wit withdrew his application for the position of provost yesterday and has been replaced by an alternate candidate. James Lankford, co-chairman of the Provost Search Committee, said Wit removed his name from...

General education requirements and teacher evaluations were among the issues addressed by two provost candidates at open forums held recently at NIU. Members of the university community questioned Mark Auburn of the University of Arkansas last Tuesday...

John Callaway, WTTW-TV's senior correspondent, will receive the NIU journalism department's award for 1987 Illinois Journalist of the Year at the 39th annual journalism banquet Friday. "He (Callaway) is a great interviewer. You could use him as a text...

For the second year in a row, NIU graduate student Jeff Cufaude has placed in the National Association for Campus Activities' Prize Papers Competition. Cufaude won second place and $150 for his paper based on the the book, A Passion for Excellence, and...

Some discrepancy regarding the vote count of the Seventh Ward write-in candidacy will not be proven until ballots can be recounted in 60 days, said DeKalb County Clerk Terry Desmond. Mark Powell won the aldermanic race in the Seventh Ward with 90 votes...