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NIU gridders start season with a win

By Tom Clegg | September 5, 1988

The Akron Zips' offensive linemen might still be seeing yellow handkerchiefs in their sleep. Crucial penalties, costly turnovers and NIU red-shirt freshman halfback Eugene Edmond were too much for the Zips to overcome Saturday night as the Huskie football...

Library cite of home instruction meeting

September 1, 1988

DeKalb holds a support group for parents wishing to instruct their children in their homes, and an informal meeting for the parents will be held at the DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St., on Sept. 12 at 6:30 p.m. Tentative topics for the following (October)...

Tower renovations set to start next spring

By Holly Schubert | August 31, 1988

Holmes Student Center tower renovations will not begin at least until the spring due to approaching winter weather and the need for plan approval by the Board of Regents. Conrad Miller, assistant to the director of NIU's Physical Plant, said NIU will...

DeKalb intersections put on local dangerous lists

By Tammy Sholer | August 31, 1988

DeKalb area intersections were the scenes of more than 131 accidents in 1987, putting several on local "most dangerous" intersections lists. University Police Lt. Ron Williams said, "Most intersections on campus are city streets." He was unable to calculate...

NIU receives $69,000 for anti-drug program

By Susie Snyder | August 31, 1988

NIU is one of about 140 universities nationwide to receive a two-year $69,000 federal grant as part of the first project funded by the United States government for secondary education to assist in substance abuse programs. Michael Haines, coordinator...

Faculty seeks voice in decision making

By Stephanie Bradley and Katrina Kelly | August 31, 1988

The NIU Faculty Assembly agreed to pass a resolution changing the decision-making process of summer-school funding at its Wednesday meeting. Gordon Dorn, undergraduate director of the NIU art department, called for the resolution, saying faculty should...

Charities, groups must put an end to casio games

August 31, 1988

As of today, casino-type games cannot be held in Illinois to raise money for organizations and charity because of a "sunset clause" in the Charitable Games Act. Steve Bottom, Tax Payer Service representative, said the two-year-old act had a Sept. 1 sunset...

Plans to buy Wurlitzer site shatter

By Sylvia Phillips | August 31, 1988

NIU's plans to purchase the former Wurlitzer Corp. property were shattered Wednesday, despite a funding offer from the DeKalb City Council, when the property owners said they probably will not extend the deadline for NIU's purchase decision. In a meeting...

‘Renter’s packet’ available to students

By Greg Rivara | August 31, 1988

Students living in off-campus apartments might find the new "renter's packet" as important to a successful school year as their study time. Tim Goebel, director of the Student Association Tenant Union, said the union and the Students' Legal Assistance...

SA circulates petition against Regent’s plan

By Dina Paluzzi | August 31, 1988

The NIU Student Association began circulating a petition Wednesday against the Board of Regents for its decisions to give ex-NIU President Clyde Wingfield a paid leave of absence. The petition condemns the Regents' actions because of the tuition increases...

HSC, SA design planner to assist student needs

By Greg Rivara | August 31, 1988

A new book has found its way into the Holmes Student Center Bookstore, and it might help students this semester as much as their trusty dictionaries.

And maybe more importantly, the book will put money back into NIU.

The Northern Illinois University Huskie Guide is an academic planner designed to provide "specific information to students on where to go for what," said Student Association President Paula Radtke.

The guide is similiar to a datebook but with much more detailed information, she said.

The guide, costing $2.95, holds information including a calorie guide, a telephone list of university departments and organizations and important dates. A full calendar and space for class scheduling also are included.

The guide was compiled and produced jointly by the SA Academic Affairs Committee and the HSC Bookstore, said David Baum, former committee chairman.

The committee looked at similiar productions from more than 100 schools in addition to surveying NIU juniors and seniors, asking them what they believe should be included in the publication, he said.

Bookstore Director Stan Shedaker said the bookstore was planning to produce a datebook publication similiar to the one the SA was working on.

"Instead of duplicating the same product, we combined forces and produced the Huskie Guide," he said.

Approximately one-third of the 5,000 copies have been sold, Shedaker said. The guide is available only at the HSC Bookstore.

Baum originally obtained a $500 grant from the Committee for the Improvement of Undergraduate Education for the purpose of paying for the initial research and printing costs.

The grant money was deemed unnecessary when the guide became "a money making adventure," he said.

"This was a personal grant," Baum said.

The money has been returned to the SA so it can be re-allocated to student groups, he said.

Radtke said the expected profits from the sale of the guide will be split by the SA and the bookstore.

She did not know what the exact percentage split of the expected profit would be.

Shedaker said any profit would be determined at the end of the semester.

Radtke said a majority of the information is taken directly from the fall and spring semester guide books since these are easily misplaced during the course of the school year.

"What we have produced is a prototype for the future which is customized for the students," Shedaker said.

Three new positions open on committee

By Diane Buerger | August 31, 1988

Three positions are open on NIU's Institutional Review Board, a body required by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to protect subjects of experiments conducted by the university. Jerrold Zar, NIU associate provost for graduate studies and...

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