NIU is spending over $2 million this year for travel expenses but the university has no way of knowing if the money is being misspent or even stolen. "The accounting department is supposed to safeguard assets and make it harder for employees to steal....

Enrollment of foreign graduate students is up by 15 percent from last year despite a drop of 6 percent in the overall enrollment of graduate students at NIU. Nobody knows the specific reason. Romualdas Kasuba, College of Engineering dean, said one reason...

Margariete Montague Wheeler, 49, NIU associate professor of mathematics, died Saturday in Chicago of heart failure. Wheeler was born Dec. 10, 1938, in Oakland, Calif. She attended Mills College in Oakland and graduated with a bachelor's degree in teaching...

It wasn't pretty. And NIU head volleyball coach Pete Waite will be the first to admit it wasn't very much fun. But the women's volleyball team managed to come away from Valparaiso, Ind., with a five-game North Star Conference victory last night despite...

Within the next few weeks, the Student Association Mass Transit Board will conduct a survey of NIU's handicapped students to get their input on the state of handicapped transportation on campus. Two surveys were presented to the transit board at its meeting...

Maureen Josh, incumbent candidate in the race for DeKalb County Circuit Clerk, responded to charges by a campaign opponent that she mishandled bond money by saying democratic opponent Linda Finn "doesn't know the system." Finn charges that Josh has not...

The cooperative efforts of NIU and two Soviet universities are forging links between the United States and the Soviet Union, which could lead to future research discoveries and improved international relations. There is hope that the cooperative research...

Saturday night, another NIU student died in an alcohol-related accident, the fourth in one year. Freshman Robert Ambos, 18, 332 Lincoln Hall, was killed when the Toyota Celica he was a passenger in was struck by an Oldsmobile Delta 88 driven by NIU Senior...

Although NIU's Homecoming will be as unique an event as homecoming weekends usually are, changes have been made in NIU's traditional Homecoming celebration. One controversial change involves the Homecoming float contest. Jeff Cufaude, activities adviser...

Homecoming traditionally has been held to welcome alumni back to their alma mater, and this year NIU is upholding this tradition with several alumni activities this week. NIU Alumni Programs Director Sue Lund said an annual pre-game alumni reception will...

As the Huskies prepare to compete for a Homecoming victory, NIU fraternities and sororities are completing their own series of activities and competitions and are preparing to welcome back alumni this weekend. Fraternities and sororities pair up and participate...

Third Ward residents met Sunday with 3rd Ward Alderman Bill Hanna and Bill Nicklas, director of building and community services, to discuss improving the upkeep of yards and homes. Nicklas said that until he began driving through the neighborhoods, the...