A 1968 NIU mathematics graduate has been appointed director of the computing and telecommunications division at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. Naperville resident David Weber is in charge of the "overall running of Argonne,"...

The statistics are often shocking: Nearly one-fourth of college females have been or will be raped or sexually assaulted before they graduate. As many as 90 percent of victims will know their attacker. As little as 1 to 10 percent report their experience....

Political hats soon will be tossed into the gubernatioral ring in Illinois, and a majority of Illinois residents would like to see the next governor's stay in Springfield limited to eight years. Accordingly to a recent NIU poll, 62 percent of Illinois...

NIU might have missed a chance to block the expansion of the University of Illinoin's off-campus engineering program into areas that could conflict with NIU's own program. Bob Wallhaus, deputy director for academic affairs at the Illinois Board of Higher...

Although the suspected arson fire on the 10th floor of Stevenson Towers North occurred four hours after residence hall night security went on duty, floor residents do not believe they are living among the persons responsible. Tim Taylor, a 10th floor...

Faculty upset over pay raise recommendation Some NIU faculty are disgusted with the Illinois Board of Higher Education's staff recommendation of a 5 percent salary increase. The IBHE's orginal request for a 10 percent increase was reduced to 5 percent...

A few weeks ago, NIU President John LaTourette expressed his frustration about the lack of a state commitment to properly fund education. The exasperated administrator suggested (and this is a paraphrase) that he would throw himself in front of a train...

A hearing on the proposed expansion of the DeKalb County Landfill will begin March 1. Rodney Engstrom, owner of the landfill located on Saumanak Road in Cortland, said he expects that the 38-acre site will be filled to capacity by summer. There has not...

Indiana Jones where are you now? Although it might not possess artifacts that would make the great Dr. Jones challenge the Temple of Doom, the NIU Anthropology Museum boasts a rather impressive collection. Located on the first floor of the Stevens Building,...

The Washington Post SAN FRANCISCO—The same week that Ron Brown took over as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Edmund G. (Jerry) Brown, Jr., won the chairmanship of the California Democratic Party. National headlines went to the installation...

Campus reaction about the proposed policy changes during last week's Board of Regents meeting at Illinois State University was strongly presented, SA President Huda Scheidelman said. "This issue has caused a definitely strong response from Normal," Scheidelman...

Stafford L. Hood recently took the post of associate dean at NIU's graduate school, where he will try to strengthen minority representation. "I will try to maintain the work that has been done up to this point, and try to increase the number of minority...