NIU faculty member Arnold Hampel was chosen to direct NIU's new Plant Molecular Biology Center after an extensive nationwide search. In addition, Arthur Hooker, a former executive of Dekalb-Pfizer Genetics, 3100 Sycamore Road, a company involved in agricultural...

NIU discontinued freshman admissions Tuesday for the summer and fall semesters of 1987 due to a lack of resources for incoming and present NIU students. "The budget and the space is not sufficient for 3,500 freshmen and 2,000 transfers," said NIU President...

Tobacco smoke, asbestos, radon and other air pollutants that can pose health hazards in campus buildings will dominate discussion at NIU's first "environmental concerns" open forum next week. NIU's interest in "indoor air quality" stems from last year's...

The "Oral Roberts Memorial Funeral Fund" has been established this month at NIU by members of The John Lennon Society, a student activist organization. The fund is based on the idea that if the T.V. evangelist dies on March 31, as he has claimed God told...

A case involving two legally blind NIU students charged with voluntary manslaughter was continued again Tuesday after the attorney for one of the defendants failed to show in DeKalb County Court. Gerardo Diaz and Peter Gogola, both 22, are charged in...

About $3,000 was approved for 1987-88 budget requests from several SA recognized organizations at the Student Association meeting Sunday night. The first request from ALPHA: Friends of Antiquity, for $1,105.55, was approved by the SA Senate. The organization...

If the Marriott Corporation goes through with its threat to vacate Roy Rogers on March 6, it would not be the first time the corporation violated a contract, according to Robert Fredrickson, University Food Services director. Fredrickson said a Marriott...

The DeKalb City Council decided at their regular meeting Monday to begin accepting bids for the reconstruction of streets in Greek Row. The council directed the Engineering Division to solicit bids for the work on parts A, B and C of the plan which would...

The University Police are reorganizing their department in order to become nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. The main objective of the program is to help the police departments nationwide standardize...

Employers and recruiters will be on campus speaking to NIU students about internships and co-op programs Wednesday at the Co-operative Education Career Fair. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., about 44 employers will be at the Duke Ellington Ballroom in the Holmes...

Exposing and combating the problem of physician malpractice in Illinois was the topic of discussion Wednesday at the DeKalb Public Library. Karen Imbus, victim coordinator for Statewide Consumer Advocacy Coalition, spoke at the library, 309 Oak St., to...

Like a guest on the old television series "This is Your Life," DeKalb County will be honored for its 150th birthday by competing photographers who captured a day in the life of DeKalb. The DeKalb County Sesquicentennial will provide a year-long program...