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Budgeting process disturbed due to disbanding of senate SA’s duties disrupted

By Tammy Sholer | January 31, 1989

The Student Association's budgeting process, which one senate member considers the most important duty of the SA, has been disrupted by Thursday's disbanding of the SA Senate. Former SA Senate Speaker Joe Annunzio said at a press conference Sunday that...

Mild temperatures to continue

By James Danca | January 31, 1989

January has been an unusually warm month this year and February is expected to be just as mild, according to a prediction by the National Weather Service. The weather service has predicted above-normal temperatures and precipitation for February. Allen...

Discord exists over decision to disband SA

By Tammy Sholer | January 30, 1989

Controversy exists over the legitimacy of the Student Association Supreme Court decision to disband the SA Senate after the court ruled Thursday that the 1986 SA senate voting redistricting plan is unconstitutional. Since the supreme court ruled the senate...

Lack of workers causes build-up of recyclables

By Tammy Sholer | January 30, 1989

A build-up of garbage, left over the winter break, has caused an eye sore at the Student Association's Recycling Center since a lack of workers caused an overflow of milk jugs, cans and newspapers to accumulate. Jane Oehler, assistant director of the...

Winter brings flu epidemic to NIU

By Gail LaBarbera | January 30, 1989

This winter season has brought yet another flu epidemic to NIU and the DeKalb area. Changing weather conditions have forced students to spend more time indoors. Rosemary Lane, University Health Service director, said a flu epidemic occurs every year because...

Public favors tax hike for higher education

By Diane Buerger | January 30, 1989

Eighty-nine percent of Illinois adults would favor a tax increase if the money was used to improve education, according to a survey conducted by the NIU Center for Governmental Studies. Of a random sample of 805 Illinois residents, 65 percent favor an...

Wirtz House fate unsettled

By Elizabeth M. Behland | January 30, 1989

The fate of Wirtz House, located in the Martin Luther King Memorial Commons, has "not yet been decided," said Eddie Williams, vice president for finance and planning. The renovations of the commons, scheduled to begin in the summer of 1990, originally...

Charges made against SSU pres.

By Dina Paluzzi | January 30, 1989

Six Sangamon State University faculty members have signed papers charging SSU President Durward Long with sexual harassment. Richard Battles, spokesman for the Illinois Department of Human Rights, said the faculty members signed the charges individually...

Relationship with Japan critical to U.S. economy

By Frank Partipilo | January 30, 1989

Economic relations between Japan and the United States could be very important for the internal economy of the United States, said Clark Neher, NIU professor of political science. "At this time, Germany is the United States' most important trading partner,...

IBHE asks for money to analyze Northern

By Stephanie Bradley | January 30, 1989

The Illinois Board of Higher Education has requested $100,000 for fiscal year 1990 from the Illinois General Assembly for the assessment of NIU. Bob Wheeler, assessment steering committee chairman, said the purpose of assessment is to measure whether...

Surfistas and Freddy: our kids are in trouble

By Dave Kirkpatrick | January 30, 1989

They call themselves "Surfistas." They are the young daredevils of Rio de Janeiro who perform a ridiculous stunt known as "train surfing." The less-privileged youth of Rio, without money to purchase surfboards made of wood or fiberglass, opt to exercise...

HSC arson fire results in $25,000 of damage

By Greg Rivara | January 30, 1989

An arson fire early Sunday morning in the lower level of the Holmes Student Center caused an estimated $25,000 worth of damage. The fire is under investigation by the DeKalb Fire Department and the University Police Department. University Union Night...