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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

Blood drive draws high turnout

By Rebecca Bahr | February 19, 1991

Fifteen campus organizations teamed up last week in a philanthropic effort organized by the Student Association. The SA sponsored a campus-wide blood drive last week drawing blood from 270 donors and support from many others who were turned away because...

Group to hear concerns

By Tricia Roegner | February 19, 1991

Disabled people who attend NIU will have their chance once again to voice their grievances with the university tonight. NIU's Presidential Commission on Persons with Disabilities will hold these hearings from 8:30 to 10 p.m.in the Regency Ballroom in...

Funding request debated

By Sean Thomas | February 19, 1991

An NIU fee study committee questioned the funding and the role of the Student Health Advisory Committee Monday. Monday's 32 cents health service fee increase request included a 1 cent provision exclusively for SHAC. In the past, SHAC has worked on a piecemeal...

Identity of flasher remains unrevealed

By Jean Dobrzynski | February 19, 1991

A man was falsely identified as a flasher at Amnesia during the weekend. Around 12:15 a.m. Sunday, the DeKalb City Police got a call from a person who allegedly saw a man in the bar who fit the description of a man who has been seen around campus exposing...

Health service fee request questioned

By Sean Thomas | February 19, 1991

Some confusion was expressed over the way a 32 cents University Health Service fee increase was presented at a fee study committee meeting Monday. Accountancy Professor Jon Engstrom and Student Association President Rob McCormack questioned the way the...

League intrigue

February 19, 1991

A recent wave of conference realignments finds NIU consolidating its men's and women's programs into one league: the Mid-Continent Conference, NIU is following in the footsteps of Western and Eastern Illinois' switching of their women's programs to the...

Women’s team stampedes Valpo

By Steve Dennis | February 19, 1991

When Lisa Foss scores 38 points and isn't the highlight of the NIU women's basketball game, one might get the feeling that things weren't favorable for the Huskies. Just the opposite can be said about Monday night's encounter between NIU and Valparaiso...

Campus hangout bogged with books

By Jim Tubridy | February 19, 1991

What you are about to read is close to the truth. The names have been changed to protect the brainless. "Hey Johnny! What's up maaan?" "Not much, Joey. How are things with you duuude?" "Totally awesome! I found this great place to party. It's the most...

Frozen Huskies

February 19, 1991

Live, from Alaska, it's the NIU women's basketball team. Huskie fans can follow their favorite team on WKDI radio as they compete in the Northern Lights Women's Basketball Tournament Feb. 22-24. WKDI sports director Jesse Rogers will provide the play-by-play...

NIU takes a dip

February 19, 1991

For the NIU men's basketball team, one equals two. After suffering a loss last weekend at Wisconsin-Green Bay, the Huskies took a two-spot dip in the latest Associated Press college basketball poll. The Huskies moved from 35th to a tie for 37th in this...

Employers want prepared, drug-free workers

February 19, 1991

Getting the Edge Every year the NIU Career Planning and Placement Center brings between 450 and 500 company recruiters to NIU who conduct between 9,000 and 10,000 interviews. The greatest demands, at present, are for those graduating in the fields of...

Plant remodeling questioned

By C. Paul Kirk | February 19, 1991

Granite slabs adorning walls and oak doors gracing entryways are part of the $756,000 non-emergency work being done on NIU's Physical Plant Some NIU officials and employees are publicly and privately questioning the work because equipment safety checks...

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