Along with his other duties, NIU President John La Tourette is sharing his financial expertise with other companies as part of a national accounting advising group. La Tourette was one of seven new members appointed to the 33-member Financial Accounting...

NIU's Advertising Club is sponsoring a search to select models for a 1991-92 Women of NIU Calendar. The first of three contests is scheduled for Feb. 23 at 11 p.m. at The Jungle, 1027 W. Hillcrest Dr. The audience will choose the women who will appear...

An NIU student who said he was trying to figure out who was prank-calling his room was arrested Thursday for the same offense. Ketan Shah, 18, 1237 Grant South, was charged by University Police with telephone harassment after he called another student...

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...

I do enjoy reading the paper and seeing such understanding and compassion for those who are speaking out against the war. I have been accused of being a communist as a result of a letter I wrote, and now Mr. Brandt's letter quotes a petty officer as saying...

Coaches and students agree that school spirit will help lead NIU's basketball teams to conference wins this season. "We need school spirit and we need it now," said Laura Fischer, coordinator of the Huskie Spirit Council. "We have two teams to be proud...

In the midst of a budget crunch, NIU officials refuse to say how much they are spending to go to Rockford to talk about pressing educational issues—including the budget. NIU passed up its own Woodstock Conference Center, which operates in the red, and...

Need money? Don't have a clue of what to do this summer? Read on. Arts Midwest will award $150,000 in fellowships to eligible crafts artists, photographers and sculptors. Thirty awards of $5,000 each will be made to professional visual artists who have...

Some disabled NIU students say they are upset that money is being spent on non-emergency Physical Plant work while some disabled-accessibility needs haven't been met. Lin Sorge, member of the 1990-91 Presidential Commission on Persons with Disabilities,...

A support group is being formed at NIU for those with friends or family members in the Persian Gulf. The group is being co-sponsored by the Counseling and Student Development Center and the University Resources for Women, who will provide counselors if...