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Clocks winding down

By Penny Rynberk | February 13, 1991

It's 9:30 Wednesday morning ... or is it 7:20? Maybe 10:45? Apparently aging clocks in several buildings across campus left students and faculty alike asking questions about the time and the reasons behind the problem. "We've been getting a lot of calls...

NIU looks for new housing director

By Mark McGowan | February 13, 1991

NIU's search to find a new housing director will intensify next week when the pool of candidates for the position begin an interview process. Donald Buckner, associate vice president of Student Affairs as well as former housing director, has juggled the...

Shabazz calls for nonviolent revolution

By Darrell Hassler | February 13, 1991

The daughter of Malcolm X told a packed room of about 200 people in Diversions Lounge that each person needs to make a contribution to a revolution. But Attallah Shabazz said she was not talking about violent revolution. "You do not have to knock down...

Myths help explain Valentine’s mystery

By Jill Flanagan | February 12, 1991

Filled with cards, candy and romance, Feb. 14 has become known to many people as a day to spend with someone special. Exactly how it became known as Valentine's Day remains a mystery, but there are many myths attempting to explain the holiday's origin....

Stars of past offer glimpse of yesteryear

By Mark Gates | February 12, 1991

Valentine's Day always has had a special place in the lives of college students because most of us still haven't gotten over our mushy attitudes about love held over from high school. Testaments to youth's obsession with love can be found in the past,...

Do holiday shopping now

By Johanna Harris | February 12, 1991

Nightmare #587: Waldo leaves the library at 11:30 p.m., and starts on his way to his girlfriend's apartment to say "hi" before going home for a good night's rest. On his way to her pad, he passes a flower shop, and notices a BIG sign that advertises Valentine's...

UPs arrest pranksters for harassment

By Stewart Warren | February 12, 1991

University Police arrested two NIU students and two of their friends Saturday for calling another student 19 times during the weekend and threatening her.

NIU student Jeffery Ellison Barlow, 20, 311 Stevenson Towers South, and Tabitha J. Miller, 19, Chicago, were charged with harassment by telephone and illegal possession of alcohol.

Also charged in the incident were Kerri L. Rowland, 18, Chicago, and Donald Lee Bianchini, 20, 402 Stevenson Towers South, who were charged with illegal consumption of alcohol.

Barlow and Miller began calling the victim, an 18-year-old NIU freshman who also lives at Stevenson Towers, around 1 a.m. on Friday, the victim said.

The pair's threats ranged from "we're going to kick your ass" and a promise to rip her arms off to graphic sexual accusations, UP Sgt. Ralph Taylor said. After the 19th call in almost 24 hours, the victim called the police and a trap was put on her telephone. The UPs can put traps on on-campus phones at any time if it is an emergency, Taylor said.

When the next call came, police were led to Barlow's room, where the group allegedly was drinking alcohol, police said.

"I don't think it's a big deal that we were prank-calling her. It was a mistake, and I'm sorry for what I did," Barlow said.

The victim said she did not know why the group decided to pick on her. She said she knows Miller from high school and considered her to be a friend, although they had not talked lately.

Although the UPs often handle cases involving harassment by telephone, Taylor said lately there had been an unusual flurry of incidents.

"Maybe victims are calling in because they are fed up and it's happened enough already or maybe it's a spring increase," Taylor said.

Taylor said too many people think telephone harassment is a prank they can get away with, but it is a Class B misdemeanor punishable by a possible six-month jail sentence and up to $500 in fines.

SAMTB considers new bus route stop

By Darrell Hassler | February 12, 1991

Students who ride the Huskie 3B bus will have to wait for the bus board to decide on a stop at the corner of Hillcrest St. and Blackhawk St. Bus driver Pete Donnelly, a member of the Student Association Mass Transit Board, asked the board Monday to make...

Thief walks off with CDs, guitar at weekend party

By Stewart Warren | February 12, 1991

Someone stole a customized guitar and 90 compact discs valued at $1,590 from an NIU fraternity house Sunday, DeKalb Police said. Sigma Nu president Steve Sliga, 22, had the $690 iridescent, blue and purple Kramer Pace guitar and the $900 CDs stolen from...

Stray pets not a problem

By Linda Warchal | February 12, 1991

NIU students who keep pets during the semester but let them go during vacations don't add significantly to the problem of strays in DeKalb county. Strays are picked up by the DeKalb County Animal Control. Control also is responsible for issuing the rabies...

Students support ISA votesby

By Darrell Hassler | February 12, 1991

Enough students support having a vote whether or not to keep NIU in the Illinois Student Association, a Student Association adviser said. After months of SA bickering and cnfusion, Tom Ellett, political education and action committee adviser, collcted...

Hints for the hopeful when love turns bad

By Wes Swietek | February 12, 1991

Valentine's Day: Flowers, heart-shaped boxes of chocolates, cupid greeting cards, someone bitching about his/her boy/girlfriend, and unattached people enveloped in a swirling eddy of despair, occasionally brightened by false hopes only to have reality...

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