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...

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....

Some things that happened in DeKalb since the last edition of The Northern Star... About four blocks of DeKalb residents were evacuated for a few hours as a result of a chemical spill at the Del Monte Corp. May 21, said DeKalb Assistant Fire Chief Al...

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...

On the western boundary of the NIU campus, about the point you would expect to see a sign saying "Iowa Welcomes You," there stands a wall of bleachers with a field of AstroTurf lying in its shadow. The red and white monolith is known as Huskie Stadium,...

Even though NIU has failed to establish itself as a national power in any one sport, a number of its teams feature top-caliber talent. Rodney Davis was the lone bright spot for a men's basketball season that was crises-stricken the entire year. The 6-foot-3-inch...

Grants, loans, jobs available; students should apply early Students having difficulty paying their bills can take advantage of NIU's financial aid programs. Jerry Augsburger, director of the Student Financial Aid Office, said financial aid at NIU falls...

Picture a dirt road, a running stream and lots of prairie. Believe it or not, this is the way DeKalb looked in 1830. It was not until 1834 that the first permanent settlers, John S. Sabree and his family, came to DeKalb County. The county was named after...