A proposal for a master of arts program in the foreign language and literature department, which has been accepted by NIU and the Board of Regents, still must be approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Lynne Waldeland, NIU assistant provost...

The Illinois Sheriff's Association is accepting applications for associate members throughout the end of this month said Roger Scott, DeKalb County sheriff. For a $25 fee, associate members receive a membership card, bumper sticker, window decal, quarterly...

The DeKalb County circuit clerk's failure to renew four certificates of deposit for a loss of less than $1,000 was the main topic of discussion at Democratic nominee Linda Finn's town meeting Tuesday night. Finn told a crowd of about 20 that $40,000 worth...

Illinois taxpayers might receive state income tax refunds more quickly as a result of legislation signed into law earlier this month by Gov. James Thompson. "The issue originally came about as a result of the slow payment of refunds in 1987," said Jennifer...

Jon Dalton, NIU vice president for student affairs, and two student leaders relied on wheelchairs instead of their feet yesterday, but two disabled students point out simulations alone will not bring about changes. Sue Haas, a physically disabled student...

Convicted murderer Jessie Donald Sumner, 51, who escaped from the Pontiac Correctional Center and was captured Monday night north of Sycamore, was returned to Kendall County late last night. Sumner's last of four hostages, department of correction employee...

The recently released Campus Master Plan recommends renovations of the Martin Luther King Memorial Commons and construction of pedestrian walkways to improve the safety and beauty of NIU's campus. Eddie Williams, NIU vice president for finance and planning,...

Robert Morley, the man accused of harassing NIU Judicial Office Director Larry Bolles by telephone last spring, was found guilty and was sentenced Tuesday to the maximum penalty of six months conditional discharge and 40 hours of community service. Morley,...

Students with full Illinois State Scholarship Commission Monetary Award Program scholarships will not be required to pay the $125 tuition surcharge for the spring 1989 semester. The Board of Regents Chancellor's report stated that the increase would be...

All too often at this university, administrators and student leaders alike spend more time talking about and calling attention to problems than they do trying to solve them. Such is the case with Unity in Diversity Week's physical awareness day. Yesterday,...

Once again the university's "parking problem" has become a scape goat for people too lazy to get out and walk. Now the complaint has turned from not enough parking to parking that is too far from campus. The approval of a proposal made to the Student...

NIU's Office of Resources for Women will begin a special discussion group next month and a late night open house program for older female students. A conversation group for women whose lives are changing will begin Oct. 4. Weekly meetings of "Turning...