About 60 percent of NIU students will be unable to complete their schedules with degree-oriented courses this fall because of a hiring freeze necessitated by the $3.3 million budget reduction, said NIU President John LaTourette. LaTourette said students...

With Dayton's recent decision to join the Midwestern Collegiate Conference, the North Star Conference—a women's league NIU joined in February—will find itself scrambling for members once again. Dayton's move was completed with men's basketball as...

State budget cuts necessitated by the failure of Gov. James Thompson's proposed tax increase will affect NIU's budgetary process drastically, said NIU President John LaTourette. Although the exact extent of effects on the university's budget cannot be...

A new athletic director to oversee both men's and women's athletics seems imminent now that NIU President John LaTourette has received the external review committee's report. LaTourette has scheduled a 9:30 a.m. press conference Thursday where he will...

NIU is the meeting ground for managers from six developing countries who want to share and learn managerial techniques and skills. Eight civil servants and technocrats from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia and South Korea are participating...

The removal of the Warner Cable System from Cardinal Apartments, 8203 W. Lincoln Highway, has caused several tenants to seek help from the Student Association Tenant Union. SA Tenant Union Director Sheila McNicholas said several tenants spoke to her about...

A 20 percent cut in monthly summer rates for Commonwealth Edison customers will fail to pass if discussion by the Illinois Commerce Commission on a compromise proposal terminates today. The original proposal also consisted of a 9.6 percent increase for...

NIU coaches displayed understandable pleasure in the aftermath of last week's NCAA cost-cutting convention, which turned into a mandate for the status-quo. The NCAA President's Commission had made motions earlier this year to cut down the number of scholarships...

The 1986-87 NIU Alumni Relations Phonathon raised about $64,000 in alumni donations, 16 percent more than last year and 76 percent more than in 1984-85. One reason for the increase is because of the increase in alumni contributors, Bob Brown, acting director...

After seven months of searching, interviewing and weeding out candidates for provost, NIU President John LaTourette has appointed Kendall Baker from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. The Provost Search Committee began looking for a provost in November,...

An orientation guide received a ticket from the University Police for jaywalking last week at the corner of Lucinda Avenue and Annie Glidden Road. Public safety department officials refused to comment on any details of the incident. Capt. James L. Webster...

Those who need to contact NIU offices this summer should keep in mind that NIU's four-day summer work week will be in effect until Thursday, Aug. 13. The summer schedule means most university offices will be open Mondays through Thursdays from 7:30 a.m....