George A. Kourvetaris, NIU sociology professor, will be one of five initial recipients of the Heritage Award presented by the Greek-American Community Services Office of Chicago on May 1. The purpose of this award is to honor those who have been active...

Kishwaukee Community Hospital will present another series of the "I Can Cope" program for diagnosed cancer patients and their families. The program focuses on the problems and stresses of cancer which the patients and families might encounter. "The stress...

Because of Founders Memorial Library's concern for students and faculty during its restructuring project ending in August 1986, the library won the John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award. When the library conducted the "In Search of Space" project,...

The Illinois Board of Higher Education has joined the nationwide effort to eliminate the abuse of illegal drugs and alcohol by recommending Illinois universities be required to make efforts to educate and prevent drug use on campuses. An IBHE report states...

Lobbying efforts by Illinois schools to support Gov. James Thompson's tax proposal would be a "misappropriate" way to spend money, said Representative John Countryman, (R-DeKalb). Governing boards of Illinois universities support the proposed tax increase,...

The windows of NIU's residence halls will be dark tonight if the Residence Hall Association's plan for a blackout succeeds. A is holding a blackout tonight from 8 to 8:15 p.m., said Joe Scheidler, RHA's vice president of administration. "The room and...

"A Unity Affair" is the title of a dance to be held by the newly formed Coalition for Unity this Thursday evening at the Eagle's Club. The coalition, made up of members of numerous student groups on campus, was created shortly after the recent display...

Former Board of Regents Chancellor William Monat will receive a two-month salary of more than $14,000 to continue a long-term research project on the effects of governing systems in higher education in Illinois. Monat said he plans to investigate Illinois'...

Jerry Thompson will retain his job as adviser of The Northern Star and NIU will pay more than 60 percent of his attorney's fees after nearly a year of legal negotiations came to a close Tuesday. "It's too bad that we had to go through a lengthy, expensive...

Huskie Buses will continue to run in north Greek Row for the time being while DeKalb officials continue discussions on the issue with NIU student groups. At the request of DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow, the DeKalb City Council decided Monday not to take action...

A fee of $118 per credit hour will be charged to students who want to enroll in NIU's off-campus graduate business classes, almost twice as much as the fee for campus classes. Approved by the Board of Regents Thursday, the money will be used to relocate...

Because of the Student Association's recent deficit situation, more than $67,000 was retracted from SA recognized organizations' 1987-88 budgets Tuesday night. The SA deficit came about because of its lenient policy toward approving budgets, according...