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‘Pass the Buck’ airs complaints

By Dina Paluzzi | February 1, 1988

"Pass the Buck," a complaint box for students, allows them to make any complaints they have and get results. Paula Radtke, Student Association public relations adviser, said the program is controlled by the public relations department and allows students...

Collections help fund campaign

February 1, 1988

CHICAGO (AP) _Inside Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, some 1,000 people sang spirituals, prayed and donated money to Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign as part of a "Super Sunday" nationwide church collection. "The possibility of Jesse becoming...

Committee OK’s funds

By Christine Boike | February 1, 1988

Three budgets approved by the Student Association Finance Committee Jan. 27 will be used to benefit organizations. The budgets must get final approval from the SA senate. The SA Recycling Center was allotted $8,095.16 which will be used for salaries of...

NIU enrollment increases

By Katrina Kelly | February 1, 1988

NIU's enrollment has increased measurably from one year ago, despite a drop in the number of new freshmen and transfers, NIU Provost Kendall Baker said Friday. Preliminary figures for the spring semester show total campus enrollment, including all continuing...

Senator proposes bookstore boycott

By Dina Paluzzi | February 1, 1988

Black students might be asked to boycott the Holmes Student Center Bookstore in reaction to an incident last week in which four black students were accused of shoplifting. Larry Robertson, Student Association minority relations adviser, introduced the...

Chicagoan waiting for sentencing in Peru jail

February 1, 1988

GLEN ELLYN, Ill. (AP)—A suburban Chicago woman is being held in a Peruvian jail on charges of belonging to a guerrilla group that assasinated two officials, but the traveler contends she's just a tourist caught up in a legal nightmare, friends and authorities...

Gov. will address ‘89 budget

By Suzanne Tomse | February 1, 1988

Gov. James Thompson will address higher education budget recommendations for fiscal year 1989 Tuesday at a joint meeting of the Illinois Board of Higher Education and the State Board of Higher Education in Chicago. A $1.8 million budget for higher education...

Drive plans to promote voting

By Sandi Patyk | February 1, 1988

The Student Association this week will encourage students to register to vote in DeKalb County. The SA has begun a voter registration drive this week so students "will be able to voice their opinions," SA Sen. Joe Annunzio said. Primary elections will...

Firemen’s wage arbitration continues

By Paul Wagner | January 29, 1988

Both sides involved in a dispute over firemen's wage increases said the matter is unlikely to be resolved quickly. The City of DeKalb and The International Association of Firefighters Local 1236 are in arbitration concerning a retroactive wage increase...

Judge finds transient unfit

January 29, 1988

CHICAGO (AP)—A circuit judge found a 50-year-old transient mentally unfit Wednesday to stand trial in the slaying of a Roman Catholic nun. Cook County Judge Robert J. Collins ordered Karl Caldwell, charged with murder in the Oct. 14 beating death of...

Meetings held to inform public of supercollider

By Scott A. Doolittle | January 29, 1988

Illinois is still in the running for the Superconducting Super Collider as meetings were held this week to inform the public of residential areas which would be affected by the project. Illinois is one of the seven candidates for the site of the SSC....

‘Thunderbolt’ to remain in library

By Tammy Sholer | January 29, 1988

Last semester's request to remove The Thunderbolt, a racially derogatory newspaper, from Founders Memorial Library's shelves was denied. Carroll Varner, assistant director for Technical Services at Founders, said the newspaper will remian on library shelves....