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Bureau celebrates anniversary at NIU

By Daniel T. McCarthy | February 18, 1987

The DeKalb County Farm Bureau will celebrate its 75th anniversary Saturday with a dinner and dance at NIU's Holmes Student Center. "This is a big event for the DeKalb area—with 1,200 to 1,300 people expected to attend," Don Guehler, County Farm Bureau...

Fighting in Beirut leaves 24 dead

February 18, 1987

Police say factional struggle bloodiest in three years; neighborhoods blazing BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP)—Shiites fought an alliance of Druse and communist gunmen for the third day Tuesday in a battle for control of Moslem west Beirut that has caused scores...

Fire dept. examines office fire

February 18, 1987

A fire at the Kishwaukee Professional Building, 8 Health Service Dr., caused $250,000 worth of damage to a dentist's office Monday afternoon, a DeKalb Fire Department report stated. The cause of the fire, which began in the office of Dr. Dennis Collins,...

Workshop aims to unify programs for childhood teachers

By Christine Ader | February 17, 1987

Unifying the goals of different college programs which train childhood teachers will be the theme of a workshop conducted by NIU professor Billie Thomas at an education conference in Chicago. Billie Thomas, associate professor of the department of Curriculum...

NIU money crunch halted admissions

February 17, 1987

A high school student in Illinois wants to go to college, and only can afford in-state tuition. He applies to two state schools and has qualifications well above the admissions standards of each. But he gets turned down by both schools. This will happen...

DeKalb airport operator faces fraud charges

By David Johnston | February 17, 1987

The owner of Sunstream Aircraft Inc., which has operated DeKalb-Taylor Airport since January, has been accused of falsely representing his assets to obtain $1.18 million in bank loans. The Chicago Tribune reported Norman Lively, the owner of Sunstream,...

BTW gives peek into black theatre world

By Nancy Broten | February 17, 1987

Despite the popular saying, "You can't please everybody," the Black Theatre Workshop will try to appeal to NIU students with its annual variety show Friday at 8 p.m. in the Duke Ellington Ballroom. The one-night show will draw people into the world of...

SA members announce election plans

By Tammy Sholer | February 17, 1987

Student Association President Jim Fischer announced Sunday he will run for re-election in the March 25-26 SA Executive Board Elections.

"I believe in the SA. I really enjoyed working with the SA this year (and) progress was made toward our goals," Fischer said.

SA Public Relations Adviser Cameron Davis announced he will be running for SA vice president in the up-coming elections. Fischer said he will be running on the same ticket as Davis, adding, "I wholeheartedly endorse his (Davis') candidacy."

Candidates must obtain 200 signatures on petitions for their name to appear on the ballot from either on-campus or off-campus students because the SA executives represent the whole student body, not just one district, Michele Begovich, SA vice president, said.

"Petitions will be available Feb. 23, and they must be returned the Monday after spring break (March 16) by 4:30 p.m.," Begovich said. If a student misses the deadline for turning in petitions, they can be placed on the ballot as a write-in candidate, she said.

In other matters, David Baum, SA academic affairs adviser, said he is working hard to get teacher evaluations publicized. Last semester a random survey was conducted by the SA to determine teachers' opinions on the subject.

Baum said, "The results were positive," but Chris Hoagland, last semester's academic affairs adviser, had a different interpretation of the survey. Hoagland said teachers generally believed public evaluations would be inappropriate.

The reason for making the evaluations public is so students can see which teacher's method fits them best, Baum said. A new survey will be conducted which will be sent out to 25 percent of the instructors from each department, he said.

In other business, Davis said "Passing-the-Buck," a way for students to express their concerns, complaints and suggestions to the SA, is "hopefully working." He said one student called in for help when he could not pay his bills and needed to be relieved from his residence hall contract. The student could not pay his bills because his father passed away, Davis said. The student was referred to financial aid, and he still is attending NIU, he said.

"Passing-the-Buck" began Feb. 2 and is a system through which the SA collects comments from gold drop boxes located around campus and either discovers the answer to the problem and reports back to the student, or refers the student to the proper office.

U of I professor offers fiber research update

By Louise M. Koryta | February 17, 1987

Although dietary fiber has been shown to decrease the rate of heart disease and cancer, too much fiber can have adverse effects, according to Sheila Ashbrook, University of Illinois at Champaign nutrition specialist. Ashbrook, an assistant professor in...

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,...

Instructor lectures on transcendental meditation method

By Lynn Hammarstrom | February 16, 1987

"Increased mental potential and the relieving of stress are just some of the benefits of practicing transcendental meditation," TM instructor Jim Dallas said. The practice of transcendental meditation will be discussed in an introductory lecture by Dallas...

SA approves funds for three groups

By Tammy Sholer | February 16, 1987

The Student Association Finance Committee Thursday approved about $2,000 in 1987-88 budget requests from three organizations. The first request, from Students for Rehabilitation for $530.80, passed unanimously. The committee approved $66.40 for advertisements,...

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