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SA seeks views on credit union

By Tammy Sholer | February 16, 1987

In order to make banking easier and more accessible for NIU students, the Student Association is conducting a survey to determine if students would support a student credit union. Jason Broderick, an NIU student working on opening the credit union, said,...

Pres. looks at minority situation

By Paul Wagner | February 13, 1987

A decrease in the number of minorities admitted to colleges, including NIU, and plans for offering courses in DuPage and Kane counties were two topics discussed at a press conference conducted by NIU President John LaTourette. At the NIU College of Engineering...

Hampel to direct molecular biology ctr.

By Daniel T. McCarthy | February 13, 1987

NIU faculty member Arnold Hampel was chosen to direct NIU's new Plant Molecular Biology Center after an extensive nationwide search. In addition, Arthur Hooker, a former executive of Dekalb-Pfizer Genetics, 3100 Sycamore Road, a company involved in agricultural...

NIU halts freshman admission

By Suzanne Tomse | February 13, 1987

NIU discontinued freshman admissions Tuesday for the summer and fall semesters of 1987 due to a lack of resources for incoming and present NIU students. "The budget and the space is not sufficient for 3,500 freshmen and 2,000 transfers," said NIU President...

Deadline nears for residents

February 13, 1987

The voter registration deadline is March 9 for Dekalb County residents who want to vote in the April 7 aldermanic elections. In order to register, a resident must be 18 years of age, a citizen of the United States and have resided in their precinct for...

Special Ed. plans B-ball tournament

By Nancy Broten | February 13, 1987

It may not be the NBA playoffs that are coming to NIU, but a basketball tournament, sponsored by NIU's Special Physical Education Teaching-Research Clinic, will be just as important for about 60 mentally retarded athletes. The clinic is sponsored by the...

$10,000 damages result from blaze

February 13, 1987

A fire that broke out early Wednesday at Peggy Kay Apartments, 830 Greenbrier Road, apartment 1, was apparently caused by electrical wiring, the DeKalb Fire Department reported Thursday. The fire, which caused $10,000 worth of damage, was started by the...

Program eases summer-job search

By Christine Ader | February 13, 1987

Finding summer employment is the emphasis of workshops being held this semester at various NIU residence halls by the Career Planning and Placement Center. These workshops are aimed at helping students locate summer employment by discussing the necessary...

Foreign study offers change, college credit

By Ginger Riehle | February 13, 1987

NIU students who are tired of studying science and math here can have a chance to study abroad through NIU's office of International and Special Programs. This office offers a wide variety of courses which students from anywhere in the country can study...

NIU task force holds forum on health hazards

By Debra Fleischman | February 11, 1987

Tobacco smoke, asbestos, radon and other air pollutants that can pose health hazards in campus buildings will dominate discussion at NIU's first "environmental concerns" open forum next week. NIU's interest in "indoor air quality" stems from last year's...

JLS plans for Oral Roberts’ funeral

By Lynn Hammarstrom | February 11, 1987

The "Oral Roberts Memorial Funeral Fund" has been established this month at NIU by members of The John Lennon Society, a student activist organization. The fund is based on the idea that if the T.V. evangelist dies on March 31, as he has claimed God told...

Murder case will continue; lawyer absent from court

February 11, 1987

A case involving two legally blind NIU students charged with voluntary manslaughter was continued again Tuesday after the attorney for one of the defendants failed to show in DeKalb County Court. Gerardo Diaz and Peter Gogola, both 22, are charged in...