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IBHE denies funding request

By Amy Goldhagen | February 6, 1990

The Illlinois Board of Higher Education denied NIU's $645,000 request for handicapped accessibility improvements. Sue Reinhardt, coordinator of NIU's Services for the Handicapped, said many campus improvements need to be made, but NIU continues to neglect...

Student-run radio station offers variety of musical styles to diverse listeners

By Fred Heuschel | February 6, 1990

If you feel that living in DeKalb is like living in a radio void, perhaps you should tune in WKDI. WKDI is the student-run, Student Association-funded radio station on campus. Its call number is 93.5 and it is broadcast on FM cable throughout the greater...

Lighting problems arouse concern

By Karri E. Christiansen | February 6, 1990

The debate about lighting conditions on campus continues, although lighting problems will be taken care of as quickly as possible. Richard Eike, NIU Physical Plant electrical foreman, said any work orders given to them involving the lights on campus will...

Police make drug arrests

By Mark McGowan and Bill Schwingel | February 6, 1990

Two NIU students were arrested at Stevenson Towers South this weekend in connection with selling controlled substances.

Robert A. Shorty, 19 and Terry D. Stephens, 18, 445 Stevenson Towers South, were arrested by the DeKalb County North Central Narcotics Task Force and charged with possession with intent to deliver cannabis, said Illinois State Police Capt. Rick Rokusek. Police also confiscated $2,100 from the room, he said.

According to court records the DeKalb County State's Attorney office alleges that, Shorty did "knowingly and unlawfully possess with the intent to deliver more than 10, but not more than 30, grams of a substance containing cannabis." Thirty grams is about an ounce.

Shorty, a Peoria native, is free on a $5,000 bail. He scheduled to appear in court Feb. 22 for a preliminary hearing. Stephens is still being held in the DeKalb County Jail awaiting a court date.

Stephens was arrested in the room Monday morning because he was not in the room Friday when Shorty was arrested. Other floor residents said Stephens went home to Chicago for the weekend.

The DeKalb, University, Genoa and Sycamore police departments along with the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, are working on the case.

A search warrant was issued for 445 Stevenson Towers South, as police were acting on tips from a confidential source.

"Shorty you would suspect, but not Terry," said one floormate. "Shorty, that's just the way he was."

Police said Shorty and Stephens might be involved with the Vice Lords, a Chicago-based street gang with a Peoria branch.

Peoria Police Department Det. Mannie Russell said the Vice Lords have existed for more than 30 years. The members have an average age of 17, although ages range from 10 to 40, Russell said.

Offshoots of the Chicago group have been spreading in the suburbs in recent years, according to a study by Russell who is also a Juvenile and Gang Intelligence Officer. Russell said a city of Peoria's size—about 100,000 people—has experienced a recent influx of gangs. It is possible for more than one branch of the Vice Lords to work together, he said.

NIU freshman dies in train accident

By Bill Schwingel | February 5, 1990

An NIU freshman was killed by an east-bound train Thursday night. Jay W. Mears, 22, 272 Lincoln Hall, was found Friday morning near the Chicago & Northwestern train tracks behind Days Inn, 1212 W. Lincoln Hwy., according to the DeKalb County Sheriff's...

Impeachment petition signed

By Dana Netzel | February 5, 1990

Student Association President Huda Scheidelman accepted a petition Friday for her impeachment. SA Sen. Galvin Kennedy and newly-elected Sen. James Mertes started the petition on Jan. 28 and collected senate signatures from Dave Ivers and Jody Jancaric....

Plant remodels, loses inventory

By Ken Goze | February 5, 1990

NIU's Physical Plant might have to purge as much as one-third of its $1.5 million inventory because of office expansions and remodeling. Physical Plant Director John Harrod said the planned $756,000 remodeling has resulted in a 30 percent reduction in...

SA senate candidates ineligible

By Maureen Morrissey | February 5, 1990

The three Student Association senate seats remaining open after the senate elections will be filled by appointment, according to the SA vice president. A total of 645 ballots were cast in the elections held Jan. 24, 25, and Feb. 1. "We (the SA) will start...

2,500 paid to see Farrakhan

By Maureen Morrissey | February 5, 1990

Black Muslim leader Louis Farrakhan's NIU lecture generated more than $8,000 in ticket sales. Farrakhan spoke for more than two hours Tuesday at Chick Evans Field House on topics including anti-Semitism and female degradation for an audience of about...

Student tells of life in Romania

By Darrell Hassler | February 5, 1990

The new Romanian government could become just as cruel and repressive as the old one if human rights violations are not monitored, warns a Romanian-born NIU student. Eva Incze, an 18-year-old NIU freshman, comes from a Hungarian minority family and was...

Student groups offer help with income tax forms

By Linda Liang | February 5, 1990

Students needing assistance filling out income tax forms can receive free help from two NIU student accounting organizations. The NIU Student Accounting Society and Beta Alpha Psi, the national accounting fraternity, are co-sponsoring the free service...

Accused to enter plea to charges

By Greg Rivara | February 2, 1990

The man accused of killing a DeKalb woman in 1988 will enter a plea next week. Brett M. Hooghkirk, 18, formerly of DeKalb, is being held without bond at the DeKalb County Jail after being charged with three counts of first degree murder, aggravated criminal...

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