NIU's promotions and marketing director Mary Mihelich has been looking into a job opening at Northwestern University for an associate athletic director position. "I haven't applied," Mihelich said. "I'm taking a look at the situation." The deadline for...

Supporters of a downtown site for a Rockford graduate studies branch need to stop yapping before they find themselves empty-handed. NIU President John La Tourette is fed up with the constant bickering against his decision to locate the center just outside...

Acquiring a head coach was very beneficial for the NIU hockey club. As a result, it won the Illinois-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Association Championship on Saturday. "We had a problem pulling together as a team," captain Jim Kopka said. "Having a coach...

Veteran NIU women's swimming coach Mike Burt will be leaving DeKalb and NIU after the current season ends. Burt said he is retiring from coaching after 16 years, the last five at NIU, and will not seek another coaching job. "This was a personal decision,"...

NIU President John La Tourette threatened to nix a Rockford graduate studies center if city officials continue to lobby the state for a downtown site. Reports surfaced out of the city late last week that Mayor Charles Box was meeting with a downtown business...

An NIU program trying to bring in students from Chicago's city colleges is still in the planning stages. The city colleges recently came under scorn from the University of Chicago for being inadequate. However, NIU hasn't slowed its efforts. "The university...

Things are looking brighter in Douglas Hall these days. Replacement of old incandescent lights with fluorescent bulbs and new fixtures started in Douglas Hall last week, and similar work will begin soon in Lincoln Hall. Lights in the hallways, stairwells...

Phi Kappa Theta is joining in the crusade to support the troops in Operation Desert Storm. Phi Kappa Theta is a community service fraternity that started selling missing-in-action and prisoners-of-war bracelets to honor soldiers missing in Vietnam and...

Fred Gruber was recently appointed acting assistant dean of international and special programs. He will have the position through August. Owen Jones, former assistant dean, retired from the position on Jan. 1. Jones held the position for 15 years. He...

Bullseye. Associate Legal Council Norden Gilbert has found the mark in the NIU Student Judicial Code confusion. The University Council has sent a proposal into a committee that if passed would allow it to control the code. However, the UC has fewer students...

At the final three games of the basketball season, NIU's Huskie Spirit Council will show support for the troops in Desert Storm as well as the teams. "We decided as a council to support the troops since they support us," said Laura Fischer, coordinator...

Some people thought the beat of the drums and the warm weather would coax more people to the King Memorial Commons Thursday for a peace rally. Volunteers from the NIU Community for Peace started beating buckets with sticks at noon and took turns until...