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The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Students to debate freedoms

March 5, 1991

NIU College of Law students will debate the Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights of high school students in the 9th annual Prize Moot Court competition. High school students' freedom of speech and protection from search and seizure will be debated in the...

Causes for lower gas prices in question

By Laura Nowak | March 5, 1991

Though the price of gas has decreased statewide, most local gas merchants are in disagreement about the causes. Steve Daggers, a spokesman for the Triple A Motor Club in Des Plaines, said the average price for a gallon of unleaded regular gas is $1.14...

Building to open for show

By Tricia Roegner | March 5, 1991

The NIU community is invited to take a look at the new home of NIU's University Resources for Women this afternoon and Wednesday. The open house will run from 2 to 5 p.m. in its new location at 105 Normal Road, across from the Psychology/Mathematics Building....

CAB deadline approaches

March 5, 1991

Wednesday is the last day for students to apply for executive and coordinating positions with the Campus Activities Board for the 1991-92 school year. CAB provides leadership opportunity, campus involvement and a great social environment for its student...

SAMTB director loses veto power battle

By Darrell Hassler | March 5, 1991

The mass transit executive director lost a battle to give himself veto power over his board. After about 45 minutes of debate, the Student Association Mass Transit Board decided in a 4-2 vote that giving the executive director veto power would be too...

VP taking ‘positive step’

By Rebecca Bahr | March 5, 1991

Resigning Student Association vice president Tanya Smith said she has put in more than her share of time. Although she completed her necessary coursework in December, Smith stayed at NIU an extra semester to fulfill her year-long term with the SA, Smith...

WIU refuses referendum

By Darrell Hassler | March 5, 1991

Editor's Note: This is the second of a three part series about the Illinois Student Association, a student lobbying group. On Thursday, students will decide in a referendum whether to continue paying $1 to keep NIU a part of the ISA. When Sheila Heitzig...

Professors provide insight to students on war issues

By Penny Rynberk | March 5, 1991

NIU students and faculty gained a firmer grasp on economic, political and ecological issues of the Gulf War after a discussion Monday night. Marketing Professor Nessim Hanna, international management Professor Luis Flores and Tom Rogers, professor of...

Study shows dangerous city intersections

By Sabryna Cornish | March 5, 1991

Most drivers who make the estimated six million car trips a year on Annie Glidden Road may not realize the dangerous intersections they face. A high number of accidents has been identified at three intersections on Annie Glidden Road. The three intersections...

Adviser salaries discussed by SA

By Darrell Hassler | March 5, 1991

Student Association officials are starting to talk about ways to make sure SA advisers are doing their job. During Sunday's senate meeting, senators and advisers argued whether advisers should continue to be paid a salary or paid by the hour. There are...

Staff stops sleep-out protest

By Jami Peterson | March 5, 1991

Residents of floor 6-B in Stevenson Towers South were told to return to their rooms during a sleep-out protest because they posed a fire hazard. At about 11 p.m. Thursday, floor Resident Assistant Paul Sentopadre, two other RAs and a member of the Stevenson...

Ex-federal agent to speak on drug war

By Paul Kirk | March 5, 1991

A retired drug enforcement investigator who claims to have exposed hypocrisy surrounding the "war on drugs" will speak tonight at NIU. Michael Levine, one of the country's most acclaimed Drug Enforcement Agency investigators, will lecture as a Campus...

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