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“Foreign students tend to be good for the campus. They give the campus diversity.”

August 30, 1988

International Student Director Mark Thackaberry said he expects NIU to be host to about 700 foreign students—mostly graduate students—during the 1988-89 school year. Thackaberry said the students, who come from more than 80 countries, pay out-of-state...

Faculty Assembly to meet

August 29, 1988

The NIU Faculty Assembly will meet Wednesday at 3 p.m. to submit annual reports and begin nominating members to several faculty committees. Some of the committees that will receive new members will be the Judicial Advisory Board, the Advisory Committee...

Students can still registerto vote in Nov. 8 elections

By Claudia Curry | August 29, 1988

DeKalb County Clerk Terry Desmond said students should not forget the Oct. 3 voter registration deadline for fall elections. "It's not too late for students to register to vote or apply for an absentee ballot for the Nov. 8 General Election," Desmond...

Drivers must be keenly awar eof crossing deer

By Jill Stocker | August 29, 1988

Fall is the most dangerous time of the year for vehicle/deer accidents, and motorists traveling in wooded or field-covered areas should be especially aware of this problem, DeKalb County Sheriff Roger Scott said. In DeKalb County alone, 15 percent of...

Property acquisition unlikely

By Stephanie Bradley | August 29, 1988

There now is only about a 30 percent chance NIU will be able to purchase the former Wurlitzer Corp. property on Gurler Road because of a lack of capital development bond funds, said Thomas Montiegel, NIU vice president of development and university relations....

Newcomers’ first step is on the welcome mat

By Stephanie Bradley | August 29, 1988

About 460 NI Guides assisted students in moving into their residence hall rooms last Wednesday through Sunday. It was just one of the services offered to new students by NIU during the Tenth Annual New Student Welcome Days. A five-day schedule of activities...

Student fatally injured in automobile collision

By Sylvia Phillips | August 29, 1988

Tragedy marred the first day of the fall semester when an 18-year-old NIU student was fatally injured in a two-car accident Monday. Dead is Kristine Conn, 15606 Lorel Ave., Oak Forest, Ill. Conn, who resided at 295 Douglas Hall, was a passenger in a car...

Summer heat kept health risks high

By Jill Stocker | August 29, 1988

June 20, one day before the official start of summer, was the hottest day of the year, with temperatures reaching up to 104 degrees. That was only the beginning, as four more 100 degree or above days and 46 days of 90 degrees or more kept the Midwest...

Officials discuss last spring’s crimes

By Tammy Sholer | August 29, 1988

Although some students are believed to have "beaten the system," judicial reviews for the 115 students charged with improper registration last spring still are being held through NIU's Judicial Office. Judicial Office Director Larry Bolles said he does...

Powell shuns Cornfest, protests city’s inaction

By Sylvia Phillips | August 29, 1988

A DeKalb alderman boycotted the Cornfest and publicized this action on WBBM radio because he was angered that the DeKalb City Council did not vote on his resolution honoring the achievements of a deceased Polish-American celebrity. Seventh Ward Alderman...

Bookstore director to leave

By Stephanie Bradley | August 28, 1988

Holmes Student Center Bookstore Director Stanley Shedaker will leave NIU on September 16 to take a job as a marketing developer for Missouri Book Services. Shedaker, whose last few months at NIU were fraught with controversy over the allegedly racially-induced...

Meeting executed by phone

August 28, 1988

The Board of Regents Executive Committee held a telephone conference call meeting Aug. 18 mainly to discuss personnel transactions at Illinois State University and NIU. Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves said the meeting was of routine character. He said...