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IAC to discuss roll call appeals

October 18, 1988

Student Association Vice President and Internal Affairs Committee Chairman Gregg Bliss said the IAC will meet today at 7 p.m. in the conference room of the SA office, located on the second floor of the Holmes Student Center. The meeting will be conducted...

Why bother with stickers now?

October 18, 1988

You can always count on this university to botch just about anything. If you haven't noticed yet, the university is finally starting to mail validation stickers for student ID cards. The stickers are used as proof that a student is currently enrolled...

Diverse counselors needed

October 18, 1988

The CHANCE program should make an effort to maintain a counseling staff with an ethnic balance to best serve the needs of its students. As a result of the recent resignation of Frank Minton and the university's decision not to renew Martha Palmer's contract,...

Dual debate focuses on drug problem

By David Kirkpatrick | October 18, 1988

Concerned citizens from around the county gathered at the DeKalb County Farm Bureau last night to get another look at the candidates running for office this election year. The League of Women Voters of DeKalb County and the DeKalb County Farm Bureau sponsored...

Recyclable waste may aid landfill

By Diane Buerger | October 18, 1988

With less than "six months of life" left in the DeKalb County Landfill, the Student Association Recycling Station will now accept magazines and telephone books in an attempt to extend its existence. The DeKalb County Landfill will be filled to capacity...

Counselors leave program

By Susie Snyder | October 18, 1988

Starting next semester, NIU's CHANCE program will be left without any black counselors for the 264 black students enrolled in the 451-student program. The program's two black counselors, Frank Minton and Martha Palmer, both will leave the university before...

Buses for disabled feasible

By Matt James | October 18, 1988

The Illinois Department of Transportation is proving to be both friend and foe to handicapped students on NIU's campus. IDOT has approved a bid by the Student Association Mass Transit Board to purchase five handicapped-accessible vehicles if the state...

NIU awaits visit of Chief Justice William Rehnquist

October 18, 1988

Chief Justice of The United States Supreme Court, William Rehnquist, will visit NIU Thursday to meet with students, professors and the public. Rehnquist will address his audience at 8 p.m. in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium, located in the Holmes Student...

Regents to discuss HSC renovations, pay increases

October 17, 1988

The Board of Regents will meet Wednesday at Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal to discuss salary increases for university administrators and further action on the rehabilitation of the Holmes Student Center tower's exterior walls. NIU Student...

IFC to discuss risk-management policy

By Tammy Sholer | October 17, 1988

The Interfraternity Council will discuss and possibly vote tonight on implementing a risk-management policy to reduce NIU fraternities' liability for alcohol-related accidents. Two members from each fraternity chapter sit on the IFC and will attend the...

Voter awareness rally centers on apathy

By David Kirkpatrick | October 17, 1988

Last Friday's voter awareness rally at the east lagoon centered on the lack of voting by college students and served as a political forum for students and politicians. Though the lack of interest of students to vote is not as big a problem as the total...

Bursar’s Office to allot stickers

By Michelle D. Isaacson | October 17, 1988

Although validation sticker distribution has been delayed, students should be receiving stickers for their university identification cards later this week. NIU Bursar Richard Cochrane said distribution of the validation stickers is about one month behind...