The Council on Instruction will discuss today reduction of undergraduate enrollment size and university bylaws. COI member Robert Wheeler said, "Many faculty members are interested in lowering the undergraduate enrollment. We will be discussing the possibility...

When visiting Chicago's Art Institute, one might also want to visit the NIU Art Gallery, also located in downtown Chicago. The gallery, at 212 W. Superior St., opened December 14, l984 and is funded through the College of Visual Arts and Sciences. Cheryl...

An organized group of shoplifters is suspected by NIU officials of regularly operating on campus, particularly in the Holmes Student Center Bookstore, said James Harder, interim vice president for business and operations. The alleged ring of shoplifters...

The University Council in a special meeting Wednesday moved to have the Constitutional Task Force more closely examine a proposed amendment concerning the NIU faculty sabbatical leave policy. In a session called to discuss bylaw proposals for the revised...

Two NIU colleges are experiencing significant changes in their student enrollment this semester as compared to the spring of 1987. Enrollment in the College of Education increased by 11.8 percent, according to a report by Nick Noe, director of institutional...

The Henry Luce Foundation has awarded NIU's Center for Southeast Asian Studies a grant of $572,000. "Eight centers (including NIU's) known for their SEA programs were invited to apply for the grant," said Michael Aung-Thwin, director of NIU's center....

DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow proclaimed the week of Feb. 15 through 19 as Marketing Week in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday night in the Wirtz auditorium. Sparrow read a proclamation from his office and presented the document to Patrick Kagan. Kagan is...

NIU this fall will enforce its "core specific admission requirements" which will affect freshmen enrolling for the 1988-89 school year. NIU has changed its admission standards to include successful completion of a sequence of high school courses in addition...

If anything positive possibly could come out of the whole bookstore/shoplifting farce, it could be a security system that will prevent similar episodes from happening again. The incident, during which a group of black students were followed as they walked...

Letters announcing a meeting concerning a second Unity Through Diversity Week were sent to student organizations. The informational meeting will be held Feb. 19 at 4 p.m. in Holmes Student Center Room 305. Gary Henderson, graduate assistant at the student...

At Tuesday's Huskie Club Luncheon, NIU men's basketball coach Jim Rosborough reacted to Monday night's heartbreak loss to Illinois-Chicago. "Our kids played hard, battled and scrapped, but just didn't end up on top," said Rosborough, who added he felt...

Gena Stubbs has every reason to be psyched for this game. When the NIU women's basketball team walks onto the floor of 2-20 Detroit's gymnasium Wednesday, the junior forward will carry out her 997 career points in hopes of breaking the 1,000-point milestone....