The Washington State University faculty member who was beaten near campus early Saturday remains in the intensive care unit at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane.

Spokeswoman Pattie Servine says David Warner is in critical condition Thursday.

Pullman Police Chief Gary Jenkins says investigators are checking leads and still asking possible witnesses to come forward.

Jenkins says Warner stepped in between a friend and a group of college-age people as words were being exchange. Jenkins says the friend was not hurt and can't remember what the argument was about.

Warner is Native American and teaches in the WSU Department of Critical Culture, Gender, and Race Studies.

Northern Illinois University is naming the provost and executive vice president at the University of Idaho as its new president.

At a meeting on Tuesday, the school's board of trustees named Douglas Baker as NIU's 12th president. Baker replaces John Peters, who announced in October that he planned to retire in June after 13 years leading the DeKalb school.

According to the University of Idaho website, the 57-year-old became provost and executive vice president in 2005. Previously, he was at Washington State University, where he was Vice-Provost for Academic Affairs and the director of the Office of Undergraduate Education.

April 2, 2013 (Moscow, Idaho) — The City of Moscow is now accepting applications for the Farmer Market Commission, created by City Council action on March 18, 2013. The new Commission has been charged with suggesting ways to promote and improve the Farmers Market, propose and/or review Market policies, keep abreast of trends and opportunities for advancing Market interests, products, standards, and offerings, and to otherwise act in an advisory role to the Council.  Membership for the Commission will include Farmers Market vendors (3), the Chamber of Commerce (1), University of Idaho Extension (1), and four at-large community positions. 

Applications are being accepted for all positions.  The City invites citizens who are interested in the Market and would like to serve to consider applying.  Candidates for at-large positions may not be relatives of Market vendors, employed by the Chamber of Commerce, or employed by the University of Idaho Extension office.