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Summer job fair to help students find employment

By Lori Wilkosz | March 22, 1989

Students will have the chance to find a summer job at the summer employment fair Thursday sponsored by the Career Planning and Placement Center. The job fair will include about 60 companies offering various summer positions for interested students. Some...

Development, education linked

By Stephanie Bradley | March 22, 1989

NIU President John LaTourette recently addressed the relationship between the economic development of the "Golden Corridor" and higher education. The "Golden Corridor" runs for 23 miles between O'Hare International Airport and Elgin along Interstate 90....

DeKalb County Nursing Home utilizes ‘university community’

By Joelle McGinnis | March 22, 1989

One of the goals the DeKalb County Nursing Home administrator set for himself when he took the position almost a year ago was to utilize the opportunities available in the "university community." "In an era of tighter and tighter public funding, we're...

Fate of Wirtz House will be discussed in open meetings

By Elizabeth M. Behland | March 22, 1989

The fate of Wirtz House will be addressed within the next few weeks when NIU students, faculty and staff can express their opinions in open meetings about the house's possible removal. Members of the commons' renovations committee will attempt to get...

Netters make quick work of opponents

By Chris Sigley | March 22, 1989

While Spring Break might have found most NIU students in a week-long state of procrastination, the Huskie men's tennis team got its work done early. NIU topped North Carolina-Asheville 7-2 and St. Louis University 9-0 last Monday. A cancellation against...

Commission reviews gay rights

By Dan O'Shea | March 22, 1989

The DeKalb Human Relations Commission will decide April 4 whether or not to send a proposal for a gay rights ordinance to the DeKalb City Council. "I'll bring it up to the commission myself, and it will be voted on and hopefully sent to the city council,"...

Cholesterol in children high

March 22, 1989

Doctors still resist routine testing of youngsters ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP)—Doctors will resist testing every child for unhealthy cholesterol levels, despite a study that suggests two-thirds of youngsters at risk of heart disease go undetected, experts...

Sorority to collect donations

March 22, 1989

Kappa Delta sorority members will collect donations Thursday for the National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse in Cole Hall as part of their annual Shamrock Project. Members also will collect money Saturday at the St. Charles mall. Tan Lines...

Sycamore residents take part in recycling program

By Nissin Behar | March 21, 1989

More than 100 Sycamore households are participating in DeKalb County Disposal's pilot curbside recycling program for three weeks and plan to continue in order to combat rising landfill tipping fees. "Curbside recycling makes recycling as easy as taking...

Leveraged buyouts on the rise in American business

By Michelle Landrum | March 21, 1989

Most Americans imagine miles of confusing red tape at the mention of complex tax laws and leveraged buyouts, but NIU Associate Law Professor Daniel Schneider specializes in the complex balance between the two. Schneider, who teaches courses in federal...

City employee health insurance to rise; current carrier retained

By Sylvia Phillips | March 21, 1989

Health insurance for city employees will cost the city about $141,934 more per year as a result of the DeKalb City Council's vote Monday to stay with its current carrier. DeKalb will negotiate a renewal of its contract with Lincoln National Life Insurance...

New hope for honest employees

March 21, 1989

Six years ago, the Merit Systems Protection Board surveyed federal employees about whether they knew of fraud, waste and/or abuse in government through their jobs. The results were alarming: 25 percent of those surveyed stated they knew of federal corruption,...