NIU appointed an acting director of purchasing to replace the current director for personnel reasons, and officials have closed their doors to the public about the replacement. Norden Gilbert, acting director of purchasing and associate legal counsel,...

Theater lovers will have the chance to travel back in time to see authentic Shakespearean drama. The English department, in cooperation with the College of Continuing Education and the Office of International and Special Projects, is sponsoring the fourth...

An NIU committee headed by Barbara Henley has selected four candidates for the office of Associate Vice President of Student Affairs to fill the vacancy left by Henley after her promotion to Vice President. Henley said the four people selected must next...

Searching for a job does not always lead to finding one, so NIU students approaching graduation should start preparing now. Seventy-one percent of NIU students who received undergraduate degrees during 1988-89 have full-time employment, according to a...

Students returning to NIU for the fall might be surprised at the campus improvements made during the summer months. enovation of the Martin Luther King Memorial Commons, repair of roads surrounding the residence halls and repairing several parking lots...

The University Health Services are spread out around campus while asbestos is removed from their current home, however they do not have the $3.3 million needed to start the project. An amendment for the funds added to an Illinois House of Representatives'...

In May 1989, an amendment allowing $500,000 for an NIU campus in Rockford was added to a 1990 budget bill by Sen. Joyce Holmberg, D-Rockford, which the Illinois Senate passed. The House recommended the money for the campus in June 1989. In July 1989,...

In an unsuccessful effort for the Student Association to regain university programming control, SA President Huda Scheidelman attempted to veto 20 Campus Activities Board budgets for the 1990-91 school year. Scheidelman presented the veto, which was overridden,...

A hit-and-run driver killed a DeKalb man early Tuesday morning on West Lincoln Highway, according to the DeKalb County Coronor. Robert B. MacDonald, 39, 1325 W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, was found lying on the pavement in the 1300 block of West Lincoln...

Student Association executives worry student fees spent for membership dues to the Illinois Student Association are a waste of money. SA Vice President Tanya Smith expressed her concerns at a informal senate meeting Saturday. Smith said the ISA "is not...

Power lines burst into flames early Tuesday morning in DeKalb causing about an hour-long blackout for students and other city residents along West Lincoln Highway. Commonwealth Edison District Manager Mario Fontana said the lightning arrester failed at...

The first stage for the $22-million NIU engineering building is over—a site has been chosen. After a year of designing and planning, NIU chose the 100-acre "North 40" area near Anderson Hall as the site for the new engineering building. Other sites...