NORMAL—NIU's Southeast Asian Studies will be able to enhance its programming with a $572,000 grant to NIU. The Board of Regents approved the Luce Foundation Grant Thursday along with a grant to provide funding for NIU's Technology Commercialization...

Fund-raising efforts to run the newly formed DeKalb County Economic Development Corporation, which will attempt to bring new business into DeKalb County, have raised about $135,000 said Tom Montiegel, co-chairperson of the corporation's fund-raising committee....

Just as the furor over higher education funding for fiscal 1988 becomes a memory, the fight for 1989 dollars is only beginning. Those adamant about increases in higher ed. funding are in for a fight if they want to avoid a repeat of last year's disappointments....

Anonymous racist letters received last month by at least six university officials and student leaders still are under investigation, but will not immediately affect plans for February's Black History Month programs. Larry Robertson, director of the Student...

The Student Association Recreation Committee and the Office of Campus Recreation have resolved the fall semester conflict involving use of the Student Recreation Center by the Physical Education Department. The conflict occurred when the 1987-1988 spring...

A grant given in the name of a professor totaling $200,000 will be awarded to NIU's accountancy department over the next ten years. NIU accountancy professor Patrick Delaney is the recipient of the grant, or professorship, which helps pay for the professor's...

NIU's Council on Instruction passed Thursday the proposal requiring English 104 students to earn at least a "C." The grade requirement was previously for English 103 students. The proposal now awaits final approval by the University Council at their meeting...

Student fees totalling $1.72 were recommended by the NIU President's Fee Study Committee Thursday. The NIU President's Fee Study Committee voted unanimously to recommend to President John LaTourette a refundable, $1-per-year student fee to benefit the...

Today, it begins—Dan: The Final Chapter. One more semester. Fourteen more episodes. But that's it. They won't have to ask me twice when it's time to get out of here. So what are we doing today? Well, it seems while I was asleep they ushered in a new...

DeKalb Police are investigating the reported sexual assault of a 21-year-old NIU student. The alleged assault occured during a party at the victim's residence on Jan. 17. A suspect has been identified by police as a non-resident guest at the party. Jon...

The NIU Plant Molecular Biology Center is planning a "Biotechnology Day at Northern" for March 15, University Research Professor Arnold Hampel said. "The day is still in the planning stages," Hampel said. The Illinois Board of Regents established the...

NORMAL—The Board of Regents stressed the need for a stronger state-wide commitment to higher education Thursday before adopting a resolution in support of the Illinois Board of Higher Education's fiscal year 1989 budget recommendations. "We do have...