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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

Undergraduate improvements sought

By Tammy Sholer | June 28, 1989

Obtaining more information is the first step NIU is taking toward improving the level of undergraduate education at this campus. At June 21 and 22 Board of Regents meeting, the Regents discussed recommendations for improvement of undergraduate education...

Southerners sling brickbats

June 28, 1989

SPRINGFIELD—Rep. Lynn Martin, Rockford, only one week into her campaign to unseat Sen. Paul Simon, is ducking brickbats from Southern Illinois for referring to residents there as "rednecks." Former official pleads guilty SPRINGFIELD—A former official...

Oil spill cleanup continues

June 28, 1989

(AP)-More National Guardsmen joined the effort Tuesday to remove globs of congealed oil from the Delaware River before rising temperatures liquefy the oil, and hearings opened into two other oil spills in Texas and Rhode Island. A harbor pilot testified...

County system opted

By Marianne Renner | June 28, 1989

After investigating the possibilities of a DeKalb city emergency 911 service, the city council decided it would favor a countywide service instead because it would provide wider coverage. Rowever, the council moved cautiously to this conclusion because...

Don’t waste chances, the ‘real world’ awaits

By Greg Rivara | June 28, 1989

I, like you, am crazy enough to go to summer school. But please, don't for one iota think that anywhere would be better than DeKalb. Instead of being in DeKalb and grieving at NIU, I am suffering in the valley of Hickville while sweating it out at ICC....

Plans to upgrade area still pending

By Gg Levine | June 28, 1989

Means for upgrading the deteriorating DeKalb-Pond-Fisk area neighborhood still are under consideration by the DeKalb City Council and residents. The city hired the Economic Research Association at $25,000 to arrive at an "analysis of existing housing...

Modified bill to be submitted

By Galvin Kennedy | June 28, 1989

A Republican bill, which would provide money for higher education, is expected to surface some time this week as a result of the Illinois State Senate's rejection of the Madigan plan last Friday. NIU would have received more than $119 million as a result...

Car problems plague school

By Marianne Renner | June 28, 1989

NIU has got car problems. University officials must give up the exclusive use of cars assigned to them because of an auditor's findings released last February. The Board of Regents regulations state the president and Regents chancellor "shall be furnished...

Assembly names chairman

By Chris Callahan | June 21, 1989

The NIU Faculty Assembly recently has elected its new chairman, Professor J. Carroll Moody who has served on the assembly as well as the University Council for the past year. He is also a member of the Joint University Advisory Committee. As Faculty Assembly...

Dalton to leave NIU for Florida State University

By David Kirkpatrick | June 21, 1989

Jon Dalton, vice president for student affairs at NIU, has accepted a similar position at Florida State University in Tallahassee, effective Aug. 15. Dalton will leave NIU for the 26,000-student FSU campus where he will administer a $17 million budget...

Understanding can prevent prejudice

June 21, 1989

William Raspberry The Washington Post Anyone who has worked with a large organization has seen the types. One woman will play her gender stereotype to perfection: deferring to male co-workers, taking little offense in their offhanded sexism, and trying...

City aims to reduce accidents on Normal

By Galvin Kennedy | June 21, 1989

In order to curb the increasing number of pedestrian accidents along Normal Road, city officials are planning to remove parking spaces and construct barriers designed to keep students from crossing outside of crosswalks. Ralph Tompkins, assistant director...

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