Northern Star

NDMDA to host speaker

By Amy Julian | November 1, 1990

Unity in Diversity year continues tonight with a speaker who wants to get people who suffer from manic depression involved in the year.

Ron Schwartz, legal council for the National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association, will speak to NIU's newly forming NDMDA chapter at 7 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center.

Schwartz will bring information about the national group and what it has done for him, said group coordinator Sue Senteney.

This illness hits people of all ages and races, Senteney said.

There are chapters of the NDMDA in every state and in Canada, Enlgland and the Netherlands, she said. The NIU chapter will attempt to educate interested people about the illness, she said.

The NIU chapter also might produce a newsletter if there is enough interest in the group to receive funding, she said.

"I wanted Northern to have a group where people weren't afraid to tell about it (manic depression)," she said. "It's important to know that it's not as scary as the title says it is."

New PHC president focuses on future, goals

By Amy Julian | November 1, 1990

NIU's sororities have a new president who said she is ready to get the governing council united and moving forward. Christina Hulting, an Alpha Delta Pi sorority member and former Panhellenic Council vice president of membership development, was elected...

Students may expect financial aid cuts

By Sabryna Cornish | November 1, 1990

NIU students who receive financial aid might find themselves empty-handed next year. Students who depend on financial aid from the Federal Higher Education Act Reauthorization (HEA)-Title Four, which was established in 1965, might come up short if they...

Rockford Center site still not chosen

By Vickie Snow | November 1, 1990

Although NIU officials hoped to already have a site chosen for the NIU Rockford Center by today, officials are meeting today to talk about remaining choices. The university site-selection advisory committee checked out the 16 proposed sites and narrowed...

SSU faculty strike possible

By Vickie Snow | November 1, 1990

Sangamon State University faculty might strike within 24 hours after not hearing pleasing answers from Monday night negotiations with the Board of Regents. On Monday, the Board made its "final and best" offer of a 2 percent salary increase for the professors,...

Change pursues late tax problem

By Rebecca Bahr | November 1, 1990

A proposed property tax amendment to appear on the November election ballot will mainly affect Cook County slumlords, the DeKalb County Treasurer said.

The amendment, which was initiated by Secretary of State Jim Edgar, addresses the problem of delinquent tax sales on commercial, industrial, vacant non-farm and large multi-unit residential properties.

If passed, it will shorten the time a delinquent property owner has to pay up before the property title may be transfered to a new owner.

DeKalb County Treasurer Charlotte Sundly said the amendment would reduce the redemption period from two years to six months on properties that are two or more years delinquent.

This would allow the government to make sure the properties are maintained, Sundly said.

Sundly said the proposal should not impact the DeKalb community. The amendment is not aimed at single-family homes, farm land or apartment buildings with less than six units.

Wheelchair-bound student has the proper perspective

By Mark Gates | November 1, 1990

"I get away with murder," Sue Haas confides. Bouncers fear her and seldom ask for her identification when she goes to the bars. She even sat on the sidelines at the Homecoming football game sipping beer. She says her wheelchair keeps some people at bay,...

Reception to feature ‘inspirational’ speaker

By Karri E. Christiansen | October 31, 1990

Minority graduate students will have the chance to see how far their studies can take them at NIU's Black Graduate Student Association Reception. Worth H. Thomas, who currently works as the personnel director and political policy adviser to the Mississippi...

Silber’s bark needs muzzling before he bites

October 31, 1990

The Washington Post David Broder Five months ago, John H. Silber was engaged in an uphill fight even to get 15 percent of the votes at the Massachusetts Democratic convention, the minimum requirement for a place on the September primary ballot. Today,...

SID clarifies NIU athletic’s locker room access policy

By Steve Dennis | October 31, 1990

NIU's Sports Information Director, after recent publicity surrounding the issue of access to locker rooms, has clarified NIU's position. SID Mike Korcek said NIU's policy is to have locker rooms open to the media after games. Contrary to some other schools...

Man charged with theft

By Stewart Warren | October 31, 1990

University Police are charging a Chicago man with battery and theft after he mugged a pizza delivery person Saturday night at Lincoln Hall. Aaron M. Beard, 20, Chicago, was arrested after he allegedly stole a $5.42 Rosati's Pizza, 120 N. Annie Glidden...

Officials fear campaign vow

By Bill Schwingel | October 31, 1990

NIU officials are worried about losing money if Democrat Neil Hartigan is elected governor. Hartigan has vowed to do away with the tax surcharge begun in 1989 to support education if elected governor. His opponent Republican Jim Edgar supports the surcharge....

Northern Star

Northern Star

Northern Star

Northern Star

Sign In

Register

Reset Password