A candidate for the post of associate vice president of student affairs said he thinks NIU would benefit from the establishment of an office of human relations. Michael Cuyjet, the University of Maryland's Director of Campus Activities, said Thursday...

Rejection of funding for the proposed DeKalb Civic Center that NIU would have shared with the DeKalb region is a disappointment for several NIU officials. The Department of Commerce and Community Affairs rejected funding June 29 because NIU was considered...

DeKalb police officer who suffered a heart attack in May took the stand Monday during the hearing to suppress Brett M. Hooghkirk's confession to killing Lisa Garretson. The defense requested Detective James Rhoades' testimony when the hearing began May...

The former chairman of NIU's philosophy department took a new position as the associate dean of the college of liberal arts and sciences on July 1. LA&S Dean James Norris said Donald Cress was selected by a committee composed of three members of the...

NIU's below average budget for Fiscal Year 1991 has left officials looking for ways to provide new and existing programs on last year's budget. The only increase Gov. James Thompson allocated to NIU was for faculty salaries, a 2-percent increase: no funds...

DeKalb's homeless shelter found a new location, but some neighborhood residents oppose the shelter's relocation. Public Action to Deliver Shelter closed April 20. PADS lost its home at the First United Methodist Church parsonage, 311 N. Fourth St., when...

Admissions requirements for future NIU freshmen will be lower in 1993 than the Illinois Board of Higher Education had originally required, but vocational provisions will be added. Previously, the IBHE called for four credits of English, three credits...

Rejected applicants for the master's degree program in computer science could get their degrees at the College of DuPage if the Illinois Board of Higher Education approves NIU's request to offer graduate level courses at COD. "Because of a lack of computers...

The international social sorority Alpha Omicron Pi will be returning to NIU this fall after a nine-year absence, said Mary Diaz, colonization chairman. The sorority left in 1981 because of a declining interest in the Greek system in the 1970s, she said....

A bidding problem stalled the Arndt House remodeling project earlier this summer, but work is underway and the project's schedule is still on track, said NIU's vice president for finance and planning. Eddie Williams said when bids were originally requested...

An NIU senior and Student Association Senator died Tuesday morning from lung cancer after a five year bout with various types of cancer. Jennifer Onan was a photojournalism major and a political science and Spanish minor. "Cancer's never stopped her from...

NIU's Director of Admissions says the decline in number of high school seniors who are applying to college "doesn't seem to be affecting Northern." Daniel Oborn said he believes NIU has maintained its number of applicants because of the quality of education...