The DeKalb County Special Education Association (DCSEA) recently awarded NIU their "Employer of the Year" award for participation in their student work release program. The four employers from NIU who received special recognition for their work were Gary...

NIU President John LaTourette called Kenneth Beasley, his assistant in governmental relations, "one of the country's leading experts" in the research field after he received an award for research service. Shirley Myers, administrator of Sponsored Projects...

Fulbright grant by Kristin Rachie Jon Dalton, NIU vice president for student affairs, recently took part in an exchange trip to West Germany as part of a grant from the German-American Fulbright Commission. As part of the grant, Dalton and 19 other higher...

This spring neither our legislature nor our governor saw fit to actively pursue a tax increase to support higher education as well as many other social services. Although the General Assembly granted us a budget that contained enough money for a 5.7 percent...

This is intolerable. I can't take this anymore. In my years here as a student at NIU I've read more crack pot hair brained letters in this paper than I can throw a stick at. Just last week Mr. Tom Rogers was kind enough to inform me that he and his associates...

DeKalb County State's Attorney Philip DiMarizio found no conflict of interest in a DeKalb city employee's involvement with a local computer firm that conducted business with the city. "I find no evidence of criminal conduct," DiMarzio said July 8. "I'm...

film critic Once, long ago, a film dealing with the advertures of an alcoholic millionaire was made. Th film was called "Arthur," and it was a charming, funny little offering starring Dudley Moore (a funny little offering in his own right) and Liza Minelli....

I had this prophetic dream a few months ago: Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev asked President Reagan during May's Moscow summit for a dozen pairs of Levis 501 jeans ... wholesale. Gorbachev wanted them mailed directly to him from the American company to...

On June 16 an article appeared in the Chicago Tribune which quoted me as saying that the Regency Universities are "meat and potatoes schools (which) do a very good job at what they do." Understandably, this characterization has elicited a considerable...

If Gov. James Thompson gives the go ahead as pedicted, for the funding of a new reserach and development park, NIU just might find a silver lining in the state funding grey cloud. With the $1.2 million dollars the university is seeking from the state's...

She doesn't remember my name. Mother Nature stole her mind. Dear ole Mother Nature ensnared my grandma's mind and has been gnawing on her mentality ever since. Her wrinkles still crinkle when she smiles and says "I love you honey," but I know her mental...

The following discussion focuses on two areas of the employer-employee relationship where problems are commonplace: the prompt payment of wages and the payment of minimum wage and overtime pay. Other aspects of the law relating to employment, including...