A hearing on the proposed expansion of the DeKalb County Landfill will begin March 1. Rodney Engstrom, owner of the landfill located on Saumanak Road in Cortland, said he expects that the 38-acre site will be filled to capacity by summer. There has not...

Political hats soon will be tossed into the gubernatioral ring in Illinois, and a majority of Illinois residents would like to see the next governor's stay in Springfield limited to eight years. Accordingly to a recent NIU poll, 62 percent of Illinois...

NIU might have missed a chance to block the expansion of the University of Illinoin's off-campus engineering program into areas that could conflict with NIU's own program. Bob Wallhaus, deputy director for academic affairs at the Illinois Board of Higher...

Although the suspected arson fire on the 10th floor of Stevenson Towers North occurred four hours after residence hall night security went on duty, floor residents do not believe they are living among the persons responsible. Tim Taylor, a 10th floor...

The Washington Post SAN FRANCISCO—The same week that Ron Brown took over as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Edmund G. (Jerry) Brown, Jr., won the chairmanship of the California Democratic Party. National headlines went to the installation...

Indiana Jones where are you now? Although it might not possess artifacts that would make the great Dr. Jones challenge the Temple of Doom, the NIU Anthropology Museum boasts a rather impressive collection. Located on the first floor of the Stevens Building,...

Under the Montgomery GI Bill, National Guard and military reservists can receive educational benefits to gain a bachelor's degree. The regional office began processing applications in July of 1985. In Illinois, the program is run by Samuel L. Holmes,...

Inventors who want to learn how to turn their ideas into money-makers are invited to attend an NIU seminar on how to accomplish their goals. The program is sponsored by NIU's Technology Commercialization Center and will be held Tuesday at the Rockford...

I had a pretty damn good weekend. How was yours? Mine, however, didn't start out as wonderful as it ended. In fact, when all is said and done and the final judgements are made and God decides to banish us all to the impetuous, fiery nightmare that is...

Campus reaction about the proposed policy changes during last week's Board of Regents meeting at Illinois State University was strongly presented, SA President Huda Scheidelman said. "This issue has caused a definitely strong response from Normal," Scheidelman...

Stafford L. Hood recently took the post of associate dean at NIU's graduate school, where he will try to strengthen minority representation. "I will try to maintain the work that has been done up to this point, and try to increase the number of minority...

Pre-business students with questions about requirements and internship possibilities might find answers Tuesday at the Carl Sandburg Auditorium in the Holmes Student Center. The College of Business Career Advisory Board will sponsor a "Sophomore Major/Career...