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SA splits funding among 6 groups

By Tammy Sholer | April 7, 1987

An ample amount of Sunday's Student Association Senate meeting was devoted to reviewing eight organizations' 1987-88 budget requests and allocating funds. Before the more than $26,000 Health Enhancement budget was OK'd, Michael Haines, Health Enhancement...

Students act out DUI trial

By Nancy Broten | April 7, 1987

Driving under the influence of alcohol, more commonly known as DUI, is the charge a randomly selected defendant will face in a mock trial Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Grant Towers North. Presiding over the mock trial will be Judge John Peterson of Kane County...

Business group sponsers bingo, campus project

By Kathy Sisler | April 7, 1987

Phi Sigma Epsilon, a pre-professional business organization, will sponsor two projects this spring, one for the DeKalb community and another for the campus. Jeff Donaldson, PSE member, said PSE will sponsor a bingo night for the residents of Pine Acres...

Cancelled meeting raises eyebrows

By Louise M. Koryta | April 7, 1987

Students are questioning the motives of University Judicial Office Director Larry Bolles, who cancelled a judicial advisory board meeting last Wednesday to discuss revisions in NIU's judicial code. The meeting, which was planned to discuss a Student Association...

WKDI opens doors

By Tammy Sholer | April 6, 1987

Students interested in learning more about the operations and money problems of WKDI-FM or who want to apply for a position are invited to an open house Tuesday. Marna Coldwater, WKDI's program director, said even though all students are invited to attend...

Suspected suicide investigation ends

April 6, 1987

DeKalb Police have stopped investigating the apparent suicide of a 65-year-old man found dead Thursday in front of 2621 James Court Apartments, off of North First Street. DeKalb Police Sgt. Chuck Kross said there will be no further investigation of the...

Committee chooses new candidate

By Suzanne Tomse | April 6, 1987

A new provost candidate was chosen by the Provost Search Committee last week to replace the candidate who withdrew her application Wednesday. Warren Phillips of Takoma Park, Md., will be on campus today and tomorrow to be interviewed by various university...

Athletic Board changes proposed

By Jim Wozniak | April 6, 1987

Changes in NIU's Athletic Board's composition might be forthcoming if a recommendation from a board committee is brought to the University Council for approval. The Ad Hoc Committee on Policy and Structure presented a proposal to the board Wednesday that...

Pres. calling for lasting solutions to parking crisis

By Paul Wagner | April 3, 1987

NIU President John LaTourette called for the Campus Parking Committee to work with administrators, chosen by LaTourette, to bring about "some definite progress toward a long-term solution" to the parking problem by the end of the 1988 spring semester....

Police investigate mysterious shooting

By M. Michelle Byrne | April 3, 1987

A 65-year-old man was found dead Thursday by the DeKalb Police, victim of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. The man was found in front of the building at 2621 James Court Apartments at about 2:30 p.m. after someone reported that a man had been...

Officials air views on street repair problem

By Paul Wagner | April 3, 1987

Although some streets along Greek Row will be repaired this summer, DeKalb city officials say the $1.2 million needed to fix streets in the north Greek Row area will not be available for several years. Streets in the north Greek Row area are not the only...

NIU illustration major wins Trib poster contest

By Christine Boike | April 3, 1987

An NIU illustration major recently won first place in a contest sponsored by The Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine by creating a poster and slogan for the city. Kris Pearson, a 21-year-old junior, competed against about 2,300 contestants who took up the...