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President welcomes students

August 24, 1990

It is a pleasure to welcome all new and returning students to the academic year at Northern Illinois University. The fall of the year is always a time of excitement as faculty and students begin classes and the many campus programs start up for the year....

Committee looks for artist

By Karri E. Christiansen | August 24, 1990

Although the idea for a statue to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. was proposed in 1985, NIU students have yet to see any sort of artwork commemorating the civil rights leader on campus. However, Eddie Williams, vice-president of Finance and Planning...

Construction limits parking

By Bill Schwingel | August 24, 1990

Students might want to reconsider using cars this fall because campus construction might cause parking spaces to dwindle. Parking this fall is "going to be a horrendous problem," said NIU Parking Committee Chairman Rob Bornhuetter. Pat Hewitt, associate...

TAs get discount

By Bill Schwingel | August 24, 1990

NIU graduste assistants will get a 10 percent discount on all books bought at the University Bookstore this fall for their assistance to faculty and staff.

Graduate assistants were given the advantage of a charge system to buy books as a bonus for their work with the faculty, said Holmes Student Center Director Judd Baker.

But because this fall all registered students will be able to use the charge system the first four weeks at NIU, the graduate assistants would have been treated as other students.

Graduate School Dean Jerrold Zar suggested the discount to Baker

"It's like a fringe benefit,"Zar said. Graduate assistants are part-time NIU employees and are important to the teachers, he said.

"They are deserving of it," Baker said. "We thought it would be kind of a nice thing (for the graduate assistants)."

Graduate School Business Manager Rita Reynolds said, "It's nice to give students something." Reynolds said she suggested the discount to Zar for all the work graduate assistants go through.

All NIU graduate assistants are graduate students who have obtained their baccalaureate degrees.

Zar said the university would be "lost" without the nearly 1,200 graduate assistants who work with the faculty. Graduate assistants help professors teach lectures, teach science labs and help do research, he said.

During the academic year, graduate assistants get between $450 to $910 a month and work about 20 hours a week, he said. Baker said the bookstore will make periodical checks to see if the 10 percent discount is being used and that the discount does not hurt the bookstore financially.

NIU students get advice

By Corina Curry | August 24, 1990

From roommate agreement forms to landlord-tenant handbooks, NIU Students' Legal Assistance office is working to provide accurate legal information and counseling to all fee-paying NIU students. Whether students are in need of legal assistance or are curious...

NIU welcomes students

By Amy Julian | August 24, 1990

Classes are about to start up again at NIU, but students might not want to crack open those textbooks yet. Both new and returning students should be able to find something to do during New Student Welcome Days, Aug. 22 through Aug. 26. The NIU orientation...

Unity” events follow plans

August 24, 1990

Unity in Diversity activities should follow any one of the following criteria according to a draft of suggested criteria from the committee: An activity should educate the community about differences and how the differences can strengthen the community....

NIU offers students chance to join campus organizations

By Rick Techman | August 24, 1990

NIU students have 176 campus organizations to choose from this fall which can contribute to their personal growth, career contacts, interpersonal relationships and more, but the key is knowing which group can best satisfy each student's interests. Zainal...

NIU provides students with low cost programs

By Jim Tubridy | August 24, 1990

Bored? Penniless? Need a break from studying? Welcome to NIU. About 25,000 other people here feel the same way. But wait! NIU has several remedies for boredom that cost nothing or close to nothing. NIU provides numerous recreational services funded by...

Genesis House residents learn to live in college town

By by Karri E. Christiansen | August 24, 1990

Most NIU students don't have a problem riding a Huskie Bus or attending class, but 30 Genesis students are just learning how to live in our college society. Genoa's Genesis House is a place for mentally retarded adults to live and learn. Residents range...

Students get book credit

By Kristiina Ellam | August 24, 1990

Starting this fall, NIU students can buy books and supplies by using a new credit system at the University Bookstore and the Village Commons Bookstore. Both stores have a new system of charging, but they are not the same. The VCB credit system requires...

Getting used to college life is made fun through activities

By Amy Julian | August 24, 1990

New NIU freshman will find opportunities throughout the school year to get comfortable with college life. Students who are homesick should "get involved" in all the activities not only in the residence halls but also across campus, said Sheryl Mullis,...

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