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Art students must leave Altgeld Hall

July 19, 1988

"The administration didn't want us there in the first place. We've been threatened with moving for the past 10 years." That is how Carl Hayano, graduate director of the NIU art department, summed up plans to move graduate art students from their current...

HSC’S Security system performing well

By Sean Noble | July 19, 1988

The Holmes Student Center Bookstore's new electronic security system has performed satisfactory during its first month of use. William Herrmann, NIU director of Bond Revenue Operations and director of the student center, said representatives of several...

Dispute centers around Mitchell

By Mike Solley | July 19, 1988

CHANCE Director Leroy Mitchell, already at the center of the controversial firing of a CHANCE counselor, which some called questionable, is now involved in a dispute concerning missing funds from a Sycamore church. Mitchell, the former minister of the...

“The Great Outdoors”

By Nancy Broten | July 19, 1988

Expectations were high. People stood in line readying themselves to laugh until their stomach muscles hurt. Written by John Hughes, creator of Sixteen Candles, for one, and starring Dan Aykroyd and John Candy, who would think it could be anything but...

Brigham, NCAA named in second Jones suit

By Kari Brackett | July 11, 1988

Charlie Jones, a former Huskie football player injured during a 1985 practice, filed a second lawsuit in his home state of Michigan against former NIU men's athletic director Robert Brigham and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Jones,...

City council travel funds must be OK’d in advance

July 11, 1988

Travel funds for DeKalb City Council aldermen and the mayor must be approved in advance unless specified in the budget, as the result of a 7-0 vote by the council at its meeting July 11. The council discussed the following items July 11: .The council...

Traveling, learning part of study abroad

By Nancy Broten | July 11, 1988

Destination: Soviet Union. Moscow, Lenningrad, Kiev, Yalta, Talinn. Purpose: To study the various cultures of Russian, Ukranian, Latvian and Estonian people. One year from today an airplane carrying about 18 students—many of them NIU students—and...

State’s attorney investigates porn

By Sylvia Phillips | July 11, 1988

Complaints about pornographic materials found in area businesses prompted an investigation by the State's Attorney's office that will focus on sexually explicit materials depicting children. "Any borderline materials, I will not challenge," said Philip...

Drugs, alcohol led to student’s death

By Marianne Renner | July 11, 1988

A combination of drugs and alcohol contributed to the death of an NIU student last April, a jury panel officially announced at an inquest July 6.

Stenio LaPlanche, 20, passed out with a .16 percent alcohol blood level and suffocated on his vomit. Traces of cocaine also were found in his body. However, because tests are still in progress, the DeKalb County Coroner's office does not know what other chemicals could be discovered.

A spokesman for the office said both drugs and alcohol contributed to LaPlanche's vomiting, and because he was unconscious, they also caused respiratory failure.

The coroner's six-member jury panel suggested the police investigate the Eagles Club, 4th and Locust streets, where LaPlanche was drinking the night he died.

LaPlanche was pronounced dead April 23, after his roommates found him unconscious in a car outside of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, 900 Greenbrier Road.

Earlier reports state the students were drinking alcohol at their home before going to the Eagles Club.

LaPlanche's four roommates later visited some friends near the fraternity house, but Stenio remained in the car.

Mike Haines, Health Enhancement Services coordinator, said that though a mixture of cocaine and alcohol can cause death, it is not the result of a chemical reaction.

"Technically, the effects (of combining cocaine and alcohol) are considered antagonistic. They work against each other," he said.

Haines said that because alcohol counteracts the effects of cocaine, an individual might not realize how "high" he is and therefore might continue to increase doses of cocaine.

This could cause an overdose, Haines said.

Daryl Jackson, administrative director at Kishwaukee Community Hospital's Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency Treatment Center, said another danger in cocaine abuse is "cocaine psychosis." This reaction, which can last hours or days, causes the user to become disoriented, paranoid and anxious.

He said cocaine could be lethal because it increases the heart rate, respiratory system and nervous system. Alcohol, on the other hand, causes these systems to collapse.

NIU students contend for 6th ward position

By Sylvia Phillips | July 11, 1988

Four NIU students have applied for the position of DeKalb's 6th ward alderman, said Mayor Greg Sparrow. Interviews for the position are planned for next week, Sparrow said. After discussing the applicants with incumbent 6th Ward Alderman Steven Brody...

CPR class scheduled

July 11, 1988

A one-day training session to teach adult cardiopulminary resuscitation and how to treat choking victims is scheduled for July 20 at the Student Recreation Center. Registration is at the rec center during regular business hours, or by mail until July...

Financial aid process OK’d

By Kristin Rachie | July 11, 1988

Congress recently passed a new procedure called the Congressional Methodology which changes the process by which all student financial aid offices assess student earnings. Jerry Augsburger, director of student financial aid, said all students applying...