Northern Star
 

Advertisement

Braven
 

 
Northern Star

Northern Illinois University’s student media since 1899

 

Ensure student journalism survives. Donate today.

Express Yourself: A Northern Star project
The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star
The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

NIU to host annual drum corps championship

By Tammy Sholer | July 11, 1988

Marchers from across the Midwest will carry their drums and bugles to NIU's Huskie Stadium for the 11th Annual Drum Corps Midwest Championship Saturday. The all-day affair consists of 29 corps competing for points. Veteran DMC Executive Director Roman...

Counselor’s contract will not be renewed

By Mike Solley | July 11, 1988

"It's unfair"... a "travesty," and "hypocritical." More than 40 NIU students, staff and faculty members expressed those sentiments July 7 as they met to discuss the dismissal of CHANCE counselor Martha Palmer. Palmer, a counselor for four years, was notified...

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...

Robbery suspect sought in delivery truck hold-up

July 11, 1988

A Domino's Pizza delivery man was held at gunpoint and robbed Monday after delivering pizza at 807 Ridge Rd. Witnesses described the suspect as a heavily-built black man, about 5 feet tall, and between 17 and 19 years old. Police said the suspect approached...

Crop-duster crash spills chemicals near airport

By Marianne Renner | July 11, 1988

A crop-duster filled with pesticide and water went off the DeKalb-Taylor Municipal Airport runway Monday, causing the pesticide to discharge, but firefighters said there was no leakage into the water supply. DeKalb Police Chief Joseph Maciejewski said...

  1. Pages:
  3. 1
  4. ...
  5. 1363
  6. 1364
  7. 1365
  8. 1366
  9. 1367
  10. 1368
  11. 1369
  12. ...
  13. 1494