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The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

What’s wrong with being an underdog?

By Bob Regan | April 13, 1989

Dream teams—they've been talked about in every sports bar throughout the country. Basketball aficianados sitting around savoring the idea of gathering the United State's best athletes and having them compete internationally. Well sports fans, dream...

Faculty members to approve senate

By Chris Lind | April 13, 1989

NIU faculty members have cast their ballots, and they have decided to approve the neccessary changes needed to form a Faculty Senate. The constitutional changes to create a Faculty Senate consist mostly of changes in wording and assorted passages in the...

Ozone protection sought

April 13, 1989

CHICAGO (AP) - Residents of the nation's third-largest city may be in for some changes - ranging from expanded auto emission tests to gasoline rationing - to fight ozone pollution, officials said Wednesday. More drastic measures would include gasoline...

Black Choir anniversary

April 12, 1989

The NIU Black Choir will celebrate its 20th anniversary this weekend, beginning with a reception for alumni Friday at 7 p.m. in room 171 of the Music Building. A choir rehearsal with alumni is scheduled for Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in room 173...

Drug act affects grant recipients

By Bill Schwingel | April 12, 1989

Pell Grant recipients convicted of possessing or distributing controlled substances could have their financial aid suspended in the 1989-90 school year, according to the Drug-Free Workplace Act. On Nov. 18, then-President Ronald Reagan enacted the Anti-Drug...

West Lagoon freed of debris

By David Pollard | April 12, 1989

The West Lagoon has undergone a major cleanup by NIU Physical Plant workers due to excessive garbage in the lagoon and the surrounding area. Conrad Miller, administration and support services project manager of the physical plant, said "spring of the...

Board reviews achievements

By Dina Paluzzi | April 12, 1989

While a bill calling for a separate governing board for NIU awaits a hearing in the Illinois Senate, a review of the contributions of the Board of Regents, NIU's current governing body, reveals several accomplishments of the Regents. While governed by...

Regents await decision on separate bills

By Amanda Martin | April 12, 1989

NIU and the Board of Regents will have to wait five more weeks for a decision concerning a separate governing board, while the two proposed pieces of legislation are heard in committees of the Illinois Senate and House of Representatives. The bills outline...

Abortion battle heats up

April 11, 1989

WASHINGTON (AP) - Both sides in the abortion rights dispute are mobilizing to battle for the state legislatures that will decide the highly charged issue if the Supreme Court, reshaped by Ronald Reagan, retreats from the 1973 decision legalizing abortions....

Engineering prof. to lecture

By Nissin Behar | April 11, 1989

An engineering professor from the University of Illinois at Chicago will lecture on fluid, thermal and energy research on Thursday, April 20, at the NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology in Sycamore. The lecture will be held in conference...

SA to begin study of ISA

By Tammy Sholer | April 11, 1989

NIU's Student Association will begin its study of the Illinois Student Association April 21, about two weeks after the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana completed its investigation of the ISA. Greg Kurth, U of I Student Government Association...

Asbestos removal project to begin

By Elizabeth M. Behland | April 11, 1989

The first phase in asbestos removal and emergency roof repairs at the University Health Services will begin on Wednesday. Conrad Miller, Physical Plant project manager, said the health center repairs, totaling more than $360,000, include the removal of...

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