More than $98,000 will be granted to NIU graduate students pursuing their doctorate degrees during the 1987-88 school year. Jerrold Zar, Graduate School dean, said the Dissertation Completion award was established two years ago to support graduate students...

Pi Kappa Alpha (Pikes) fraternity will be the local site for the National United Cerebral Palsy Telethon Friday and Saturday. The Cerebral Palsy Telethon is the first community project this semester for the fraternity, which is trying to improve its public...

The Materials Management and Business and Operations Departments have found a way to save NIU thousands of dollars in postal fees by taking advantage of a special presort discount offered by the U.S. Postal Service. To obtain the discount, NIU hopes to...

Illinois civil service union employees from nine universities, including NIU, might lose service bonus points if a proposal to eliminate the points is approved this month by the University Merit Board (UMB). The Joint Committee on Administrative Rule...

The Wirtz Quadrangle, located between Wirtz Hall and the University Health Center, is about to receive an $85,835 makeover. The NIU Campus Parking Committee Thursday supported one of three alternate plans for the quadrangle redevelopment, designed to...

NIU students Jerry Diaz and Peter Gogola were to appear in DeKalb County Circiut Court Wednesday, but the hearing was continued to next month. Diaz and Gogola, both legally blind, are charged with voluntary manslaughter for the July 22 death of a Genoa...

The merging of NIU's telecommunications office with the computer systems and operations center has created a new position at the university. Walter Czerniak has been appointed director of Computing and Telecommunication Operations. Czerniak is a former...

The formation of a University Council task force to investigate the injustice and violence against minority groups at NIU should be complete by the end of the week, said Jim Giles, executive secretary of the council. The task force will include as many...

The University Council Wednesday rejected the initiation of the drug assistance progam on an interim basis in favor of a motion to form a task force designed for all NIU students. The Alcohol and Drug Assistance Program for Athletes was a comprehensive...

While more than 25 NIU faculty members and students are big brothers or big sisters to a single-parent child, 36 children are still on waiting lists. Terry Schade, Family Service Agency case worker, said the agency finds a big brother or sister for children...

NIU President John LaTourette said he is concerned about the increasing number of minority dropouts cited in a Bell Commission report on educational responsibilities. LaTourette said there should be community action programs which work to make minority...

NIU President John LaTourette Tuesday ordered an extensive internal and external review of NIU intercollegiate athletics to clearly define the university's athletic direction. LaTourette said the review will be conducted by personnel inside and outside...