Several events honoring Martin Luther King Jr. will take place at NIU as millions of Americans reflected yesterday upon the life of the late civil rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. NIU Professor John Ewell, a former classmate of King's, said...

College graduates seeking jobs in 1988 face a tough, competitive market despite optimistic forecasts from a Northwestern University survey. "The job market is open to college graduates, but it is tight," said Jean Callary, recruiting coordinator for NIU's...

NIU basketball player John Culbertson's arrest warrant could be dropped if a motion filed by his attorney to dismiss the case because of the lack of a speedy trial is granted, Story County (Iowa) Attorney Mary Richards said Friday. Culbertson's attorney,...

WKDI will continue attempts to re-activate its United Press International wire service for which the Student Association Senate cut funding Dec. 6 after deciding the campus radio station could operate without the $5,000 service. WKDI will submit a petition...

A few Suburban Estates residents were in for a surprise when they returned from their semester break to find their collections of road signs missing from their apartments and replaced with search warrants. The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office obtained 15...

Citing frustrations with the state's continuing problems of funding higher education, Illinois State University President Lloyd Watkins resigned Jan. 14. "The lack of commitment to adequate funding for higher education is more than regrettable, it is...

NIU will ask the Board of Regents to allow the university to seek bids for a contractor to perform an estimated $923,000 in repairs to the Holmes Student Center tower. Conrad Miller, NIU physical plant project manager, said representatives from Raths,...

The University Council approved NIU's proposed constitution Dec. 16 despite student concerns regarding changes in the amendment procedure. In the current document, a three-fourths vote is needed to amend the constitution. However, in the revision the...

NIU Marketing Professor David Rink was fired effective Dec. 17, 11 days prior to a court decision dismissing evidence against him for the charge of two counts of felony forgery. A five-member NIU faculty review committee recommended the firing of Rink...

A budget recommendation of nearly $112 million for NIU's operation and grants for fiscal year 1989 was approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education Jan. 5. Eddie Williams, NIU vice president of finance and planning, said the IBHE's recommendation...

Several Midwestern college administrators in association with the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators will gather at NIU on Feb. 4 to discuss ways of combating recent waves of racism on American campuses. The all-day conference at...

The expeditions of a NIU assistant anthropology professor have inspired plans for a spring break trip to the ruins of Copan, Honduras. NIU's anthropology department and the international and special programs department are finalizing plans for the trip...