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The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Center short on workers, large on pile

By Karri E. Christiansen | January 19, 1990

Behind Stevenson Towers Complex there lies a heap of cans, paper and plastic milk jugs next to the Student Association Recycling Center that remains untouched. Amanda Rutter, an assistant at the Recycling Center, Stadium Drive West, said there is a 100...

Groups plan open forum

By Dana Netzel | January 19, 1990

Members of various organizations battled Thursday about Black Muslim Leader Louis Farrakhan's appearance. The result was communication. After a heated discussion, representatives from the Hillel Jewish Student Association and the Black Student Union agreed...

City officials expect decade of progress

By Bill Schwingel | January 19, 1990

City officials look ahead to the 1990s as a decade of progress. DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow said he feels the new decade is full of promise. "I see 1990, hopefully, a strong year barring economic clash." The industrial, residential and commercial growth...

Projects given higher priority

By Amy Goldhagen | January 19, 1990

NIU President John La Tourette is confident the univeristy will receive more than $7 million needed for the Faraday II addition and steam tunnel project. The projects were approved as top priority by the Illinois Board of Higher Education last week as...

Board of Regents bid farewell to Wellbank

By Amy Goldhagen | January 19, 1990

The Board of Regents bid a fond farewell to long-time Regent Harry Wellbank at their last meeting in December and approved a scholarship in his name. Wellbank served on the Board since January of 1977, as well as serving on various committees throughout...

ESP extends aid for minorities

By Alyce Malchiodi | January 19, 1990

The Office of Educational Services and Programs is an often-misunderstood system which encompasses several programs to aid and increase student retention. ESP has grown and changed since it was established in 1971 under the name Office of Special Projects....

Analyzers likely to endorse status quo although criticism calls for restructure

By Amy Goldhagen | January 19, 1990

A special panel asked to analyze Illinois' "system of systems" is likely to endorse status quo, despite criticism calling for major structural changes within the state's higher education system. The state-wide panel convened last November and December...

AFSCME accept pay raise offer

January 19, 1990

NIU paraprofessionals belonging to American Federation of State, City and Municipal Employees accepted NIU's offer Thursday for a 9 percent pay raise effective July 1, 1989. Fifty-five of the 77 AFSCME employees took a break from their duties yesterday...

Mentor project created

By Julie Zvitkovits | January 19, 1990

A mentoring program has been created to increase the current NIU graduation rate of 49 percent. Although NIU's graduation rate is considered typical of a school with a 25,000-plus enrollment, project co-chairperson Deb Cassidy, faculty member in the human...

Long lines await students at add/ drop’s final days

By Ellen Skelly | January 19, 1990

The Duke Ellington Ballroom does not have the thrills and chills of Disney World, but does have comparable lines during course completion. Hundreds of NIU students have been waiting in lines at the Holmes Student Center for late registration, schedule...

Accused rapist might face judicial charges

By Bill Schwingel | January 19, 1990

Robert Martucci, an NIU student arrested by DeKalb Police and charged with sexual assault, might face university charges. Martucci, 21, 906 Kimberly Drive #4, posted $2,500 bond and is scheduled to appear in court Feb. 15 for charges of sexual assault...

Illegal paper insert

January 19, 1990

An unknown number of copies of a Marietta, Ga.-based newspaper promoting white supremacy were stuffed into issues of Thursday's Northern Star. Copies of "The Truth At Last" were found in newspapers in the Holmes Student Center. The Star does not know...

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