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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Domestic violence common

By Michelle Landrum | November 5, 1990

Domestic violence is the most common and least reported crime in America. An estimateed three to four million American women are battered each year by their husbands or partners, according to the National Woman Abuse Prevention Project. And while some...

Supreme Court complete

By Lisa Ferro | November 5, 1990

With only a little more than a month left in the semester, the Student Association Supreme Court is finally complete. With only 27 out of 40 SA senators present at Sunday's meeting, law student, Mike Betar, 27, needed everyone's vote to be approved as...

Bradley Burzynski—Republican

November 5, 1990

Currently employed: Governmental Affairs Director, DeKalb County Farm Bureau, 1984. Other experience: Clark County Farm Bureau Manager, 1980. Clinton County Farm Bureau manager, 1982. Campaign issues: As the governmental affairs director, Burzynski said...

Save government, give Gargan cash

By Mark McGowan | November 2, 1990

When campaign time arrives every year, the usual flood of endorsements and commercials come dribbling through the sewer. Slowly, the voters take sides, fall in line and choose candidates. They fill newspapers with letters of support—or opposition—and...

Bats benefit from WDEK fundraiser

By Jean Dobrzynski | November 2, 1990

Eleven bats will have food and shelter for one year thanks to some generous DeKalb residents. Keith Bansemer, WDEK spokesman, said the station sponsored a fundraiser for some endangered bats in Chicago's Brookfield Zoo that started Oct. 26 and ended Halloween...

Surrogate mothers are just baby businesses

November 2, 1990

The Boston Globe Ellen Goodman The court has declared she is not his mother, though he grew in her womb, though he came into the world down her birth canal, though her breasts filled with milk for him. Anna Johnson is now officially, legally, unrelated...

Default rate stays constant

By Karri E. Christiansen | November 2, 1990

Although twice as many student loan defaulters were cited in Illinois this year than in 1987, the default rate has remained fairly constant at NIU. NIU's rate "has historically been relatively low," said Jerry Augsburger, director of NIU's student loan...

GOP incumbent cites qualifications

By Michael McCulloh | November 2, 1990

Republican incumbent for the 14th Congressional District Dennis Hastert said his record in office is one of the main advantages why voters should elect him for a second term. "Experience is the obvious advantage over my opponent," he said. Hastert, who...

Stuggle at pump hits NIU

By Brian Slupski | November 2, 1990

Iraq's invasion of Kuwait is costing everyone at the pump - including NIU. However, there is no reason to be alarmed, said Patricia Hewitt, associate vice president of NIU's Business and Operations. While NIU is "paying more than was originally budgeted...

Two NIU alums to run

By Karri E. Christiansen | November 2, 1990

Sunday is the only day off for most people, and they would not even consider getting out of bed early, much less run a 26.2 mile marathon. But Theresa Jacobsen and Margie Gilmore aren't taking the day off—they're running in the New York Marathon and...

Vigil to honor soldiers

By John Burke | November 2, 1990

Albert Ekstom doesn't want to let anybody forget about Vietnam and the Persian Gulf. That's why Ekstrom, the publicity chairman for the Dekalb County Vietnow chapter, is planning a vigil to remember those protecting freedom and democracy across the globe....

Family voted in top six

By Lisa Ferro | November 2, 1990

The family of NIU junior Pat Sanchez is one of the top six Hispanic-American families in Illinois. The Hispanic American Family of the Year Foundation, which was started by First Lady Barbara Bush, was created to provide family role models and to enhance...

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