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NIU planning 27 building projects

By Paul Wagner | April 10, 1987

Outside contractors will complete 27 construction and maintenance projects proposed for NIU this summer, and the NIU Physical Plant will complete several others. One major project is the construction of a steamline tunnel between the west heating plant...

Alumni Referral Service helps seniors

By Nancy Broten | April 10, 1987

To assist May graduating seniors in their job search, NIU's Career Planning and Placement Center will begin its Alumni Referral Service Monday. The referral service assists seniors in connecting their educations with employers. Recruiting Coordinator...

Dissonance postpones vote count for 60 days

By Lisa Taylor | April 9, 1987

Some discrepancy regarding the vote count of the Seventh Ward write-in candidacy will not be proven until ballots can be recounted in 60 days, said DeKalb County Clerk Terry Desmond. Mark Powell won the aldermanic race in the Seventh Ward with 90 votes...

Future teachers eligible for funds

By Kathy Sisler | April 9, 1987

Students working toward a math or science teaching certificate might be able to receive funding through the Illinois State Board of Education's 1987-88 Traineeship Program Award. Shirley A. Harris, Instructional Improvement program specialist, said the...

Grant lets NIU recycle plastic cartons

By Lynn Kallal | April 9, 1987

Through a $5,000 grant from the Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources, the NIU Student Association Recycling Station will be able to recycle non-biodegradable plastic milk cartons. Because of the problem with overflowing landfills, the state...

Judicial office bans two from dorms

By M. Michelle Byrne | April 9, 1987

Two NIU students arrested for a fire which broke out last week in Stevenson Towers South are banned temporarily from the residence halls while awaiting their hearing at the NIU Judicial Office. John Belch, 20, 504 Stevenson Towers South, and David Pedersen,...

Students vote on smoking ban

By Tammy Sholer | April 9, 1987

Whether or not smoking should be banned in the lower lounge of NIU's Memorial Library will be the basis of a student survey conducted by the Student Association Academic Affairs Committee. David Baum, SA Academic Affairs adviser, said the survey is an...

Social class, race add to housing difficulties

By Pam Schmidt | April 9, 1987

Housing has become a focus for viewing some of the major tensions and struggles in contemporary America, said Kathy McCourt, chairman of the sociology department at Loyola University of Chicago. McCourt spoke Wednesday to NIU students on the problems...

Recommendation receives mixed reaction

By Jim Wozniak | April 9, 1987

Faculty members and Student Association representatives of NIU's Athletic Board have given mixed reactions toward a recommendation from a board committee to reduce the two groups' membership by 57 percent. The proposal from the Ad Hoc Committee on Policy...

Labor hearings continue

By Tom Omiatek | April 9, 1987

Settlement hearings will continue on charges of unfair labor practices brought against the DeKalb Community School District No. 428 by the DeKalb Classroom Teachers Association after the two parties failed to reach an agreement. Robert Perkovich, executive...

Fest bridges generation gap

By Ginger Riehle | April 9, 1987

There will be fun for all ages at noon on Saturday at the East Lagoon, when NIU hosts its Second Annual Generation Fest. Julie Lorensen, an NIU student who helped start the event last year, said NIU's Lincoln Hall staff and the Student Nurses Organization...

Hoagland, Powell win student wards

By Louise Koryta and Lisa Taylor | April 9, 1987

NIU student Chris Hoagland won the 1st Ward aldermanic slot in Tuesday's election, while the 87 percent student-populated 7th Ward will be represented by Mark Powell, who is not an NIU student. oagland squeaked by challenger David Napoli by 35 votes in...