NIU will expand its master's of Business Administration off-campus program this fall with classes being offered in Lisle and Schaumburg. egular MBA graduate programs will be offered week nights beginning in August in Schaumburg and Lisle, said NIU President...

A summer research grant has been awarded to NIU history professor Bruce Lincoln to allow him to work on his planned book Red Against White: Russia in Revolution, 1918-1921. Lincoln received the grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a government...

Outside contractors will complete 27 construction and maintenance projects proposed for NIU this summer, and the NIU Physical Plant will complete several others. One major project is the construction of a steamline tunnel between the west heating plant...

For the second year in a row, NIU graduate student Jeff Cufaude has placed in the National Association for Campus Activities' Prize Papers Competition. Cufaude won second place and $150 for his paper based on the the book, A Passion for Excellence, and...

Some discrepancy regarding the vote count of the Seventh Ward write-in candidacy will not be proven until ballots can be recounted in 60 days, said DeKalb County Clerk Terry Desmond. Mark Powell won the aldermanic race in the Seventh Ward with 90 votes...

Students working toward a math or science teaching certificate might be able to receive funding through the Illinois State Board of Education's 1987-88 Traineeship Program Award. Shirley A. Harris, Instructional Improvement program specialist, said the...

Two NIU students arrested for a fire which broke out last week in Stevenson Towers South are banned temporarily from the residence halls while awaiting their hearing at the NIU Judicial Office. John Belch, 20, 504 Stevenson Towers South, and David Pedersen,...

Through a $5,000 grant from the Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources, the NIU Student Association Recycling Station will be able to recycle non-biodegradable plastic milk cartons. Because of the problem with overflowing landfills, the state...

Housing has become a focus for viewing some of the major tensions and struggles in contemporary America, said Kathy McCourt, chairman of the sociology department at Loyola University of Chicago. McCourt spoke Wednesday to NIU students on the problems...

Faculty members and Student Association representatives of NIU's Athletic Board have given mixed reactions toward a recommendation from a board committee to reduce the two groups' membership by 57 percent. The proposal from the Ad Hoc Committee on Policy...

Whether or not smoking should be banned in the lower lounge of NIU's Memorial Library will be the basis of a student survey conducted by the Student Association Academic Affairs Committee. David Baum, SA Academic Affairs adviser, said the survey is an...

Settlement hearings will continue on charges of unfair labor practices brought against the DeKalb Community School District No. 428 by the DeKalb Classroom Teachers Association after the two parties failed to reach an agreement. Robert Perkovich, executive...