Despite NIU's progess in attempting to improve minority access to higher education, a recent budget reduction might cause a delay. At last week's Board of Regents meeting, Alfonzo Thurman, director of special projects, presented NIU's answer to problems...

About 60 percent of NIU students will be unable to complete their schedules with degree-oriented courses this fall because of a hiring freeze necessitated by the $3.3 million budget reduction, said NIU President John LaTourette. LaTourette said students...

First Ward Alderman Chris Hoagland, an NIU student, has been busy trying to keep Huskie Buses running in the Greek Row area and to make it legal for 19-year-olds to enter the local bars. "I've been working at acquainting myself with all issues and departments...

Monday's DeKalb City Council meeting produced a debate over the proposed rezoning of property adjacent to Jewel Food Store on Sycamore Road. Following nearly a month of deliberations, the council tentatively approved a proposal that would permit rezoning...

Despite a recent cessation in hirings because of budget cuts, NIU President John LaTourette said a new athletic director is a necessary exception. When Gov. James Thompson's tax increase proposal was dying a slow death last month and budget cuts seemed...

NIU is the meeting ground for managers from six developing countries who want to share and learn managerial techniques and skills. Eight civil servants and technocrats from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia and South Korea are participating...

The removal of the Warner Cable System from Cardinal Apartments, 8203 W. Lincoln Highway, has caused several tenants to seek help from the Student Association Tenant Union. SA Tenant Union Director Sheila McNicholas said several tenants spoke to her about...

A 20 percent cut in monthly summer rates for Commonwealth Edison customers will fail to pass if discussion by the Illinois Commerce Commission on a compromise proposal terminates today. The original proposal also consisted of a 9.6 percent increase for...

NIU coaches displayed understandable pleasure in the aftermath of last week's NCAA cost-cutting convention, which turned into a mandate for the status-quo. The NCAA President's Commission had made motions earlier this year to cut down the number of scholarships...

With Dayton's recent decision to join the Midwestern Collegiate Conference, the North Star Conference—a women's league NIU joined in February—will find itself scrambling for members once again. Dayton's move was completed with men's basketball as...

State budget cuts necessitated by the failure of Gov. James Thompson's proposed tax increase will affect NIU's budgetary process drastically, said NIU President John LaTourette. Although the exact extent of effects on the university's budget cannot be...