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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

Board to discuss Wirtz House removal

By David Pollard | April 10, 1989

The King Commons/Carroll Avenue Renovation Project Advisory Board will meet Tuesday to discuss and hear views from the public on the possible removal of Wirtz House. The board will meet at 9 p.m. in Room 306 of the Holmes Student Center. The board will...

More lobbying efforts sought

By Amanda Martin | April 10, 1989

"When you get into educational politics in this state, you can throw away the R's and the D's," said Rep. John Countryman, R-DeKalb, referring to Republicans and Democrats. Countryman and Sen. Patrick Welch, D-Peru, joined forces Saturday to urge a group...

Soviet career women to tour

April 10, 1989

Chicagoland, exchange ideas CHICAGO (AP) - Women from the Soviet Union and this midwestern U.S. city will exchange notes this week on their jobs, families and their countries and hopefully, one local planner said Sunday, get some new business contacts...

Gorgorian protest

April 10, 1989

MOSCOW (AP) - Soldiers charged thousands of protesters in the Gororgian capital early Sunday, and at least 16 people were killed in a crushing melee of clubs, shovels, sticks and stones, official sources and activists said. "They threw themselves on our...

Unknown vandals deface ‘gargoyle’

By Greg Rivara | April 10, 1989

The grotesque, better known as the gargoyle, in the flower bed east of Altgeld Hall was the target of another vandalism act over the weekend. University Police reports state that the grotesque was found Sunday spray-painted with green and yellow flourescent...

Bias’ mother discusses self-esteem

By Claudia Curry | April 7, 1989

Lonise Bias, the mother of the late basketball player Len Bias, spoke to a packed Duke Ellington Ballroom Wednesday night on peer pressure and self-esteem. Bias offered a multitude of suggestions on how to be your own person and stand up for what you...

Ron waves goodbye to our ‘national hero’

By Sean Noble | April 6, 1989

Imagine a grade school classroom in which two students are plotting a "harmless" prank. Ron, the older of the two boys (and the teacher's pet), is urging the younger boy to pull off a timeless schoolboy stunt. "Come on, Oliver, quick!" Ron whispers from...

Less confusion over ordinance

By Bill Schwingel | April 6, 1989

Confusion regarding the legality of a proposed gay rights ordinance in the City of DeKalb has lessened after an investigation into home rule showed that any municipality can implement such an ordinance. In the 1982 case, Hutchcraft Van Services vs. the...

Council argues future salaries

By Tammy Sholer | April 6, 1989

A second discussion of next year's salaries for Student Association executives and staff members provoked a two-hour argument at an SA Finance Committee meeting Tuesday. The disagreement partially stems from an accusation by several SA members that Diana...

GLU Jeans Day

By Bill Schwingel | April 5, 1989

Although many NIU students had not been born when the first Jeans Day was observed 19 years ago, today's Jeans Day marks a step toward increasing the gay awareness of the entire NIU community. The NIU Gay/Lesbian Union hopes to promote the "awareness...

Mayor Sparrow to serve third term

By Sylvia Phillips | April 5, 1989

Amid cheers of "four more years," DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow promised to stay the course after winning 64.5 percent of the mayoral vote in Tuesday's election. Sparrow received 2,895 votes, while challenger Adolph Miller received 1,255 votes, 7th Ward Alderman...

Minority students honored

By Nissin Behar | April 5, 1989

The second annual NIU Golden Image Awards, honoring black students for their contributions to minority organizations, will be held Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Duke Ellington Ballroom in the Holmes Student Center. Robert Grimes, Alpha Phi Alpha member,...

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