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UP refutes security phone system

By Matt James | November 11, 1988

One University Police officer says there is "no justification" to install a campus security phone system that might be on NIU's campus by the 1989 fall semester. The proposed system would link about 50 security phones with the University Police Department,...

Being published vital to professors’ careers

By Amanda Martin | November 11, 1988

Professors in major universities across the country live by those words, knowing their careers may depend on being published. Doctoral degrees might get professors in the door at a university, but being published will keep them there, possibly with tenure....

Bank’s renovation helps physically disabled

By Joel Guggenheim | November 11, 1988

The First National Bank of DeKalb has made its services more accessible to physically disabled persons since the completion of several renovation projects. Recent construction includes a ramp at the main bank's entrance, 141 W. Lincoln Hwy. The ramp provides...

Officials upset by NIU ‘racism’

By Sean Noble and Susie Snyder | November 11, 1988

Two Chicago-area legislators said Thursday night that NIU President John LaTourette would "feel the wrath of the (Illinois) legislature" for the controversial dismissal of CHANCE counselor Martha Palmer, which they said was prompted by institutional racism....

Wrestlers heating up for season opener

By Eric Burt | November 11, 1988

NIU wrestling coach Ed Vatch has been "rubbing elbows" this week with the women's volleyball team. "They've been hot lately," Vatch said. "I'm hoping some of it will wear off on us." The wrestlers travel to Stevens Point, Wis., for the Wisconsin-Stevens...

Class to help students learn U.S. Constitution

By Joel Guggenheim | November 11, 1988

Every four years, national elections draw much attention and scrutiny to the United States government, the Constitution and what they mean to Americans. Many U.S. citzens, however, are ignorant of the document that establishes the laws and affirms the...

Albright, Pettibone speak at luncheon

By Jeffrey Aronin | November 4, 1988

Producing an optimistic image toward Huskie athletics, Jane Albright, the NIU women's basketball coach, and Huskie football boss Jerry Pettibone spoke to a large gathering at the weekly coaches luncheon Thursday. Albright enthusiastically announced her...

Groves replies to faculty

By Stephanie Bradley | November 4, 1988

A "totally mystified" Board of Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves responded to a letter by the NIU Faculty Assembly stating its displeasure with Groves' comments at its Sept. 28 meeting with a letter of his own. Groves, in his reply, said he did not understand...

Increasing minority instructors desired

By Jill Stocker | November 4, 1988

At a meeting of black faculty organizations yesterday, members discussed the lack of black faculty at NIU and began generating ideas to develop the best way to increase the number of minority faculty. Admasu Zike, director of the Center for Black Studies,...

Study to determine AIDS prevalence

By Jill Stocker | November 4, 1988

If preliminary statistics from surveys of universities across the country hold true, one in every 300 college students has the AIDS virus, said Gayle Lloyd, public affairs specialist at the national Centers for Disease Control. A cooperative study by...

APASC chairman resigns position in protest

By Tammy Sholer | November 4, 1988

Having no power to affect significant change within NIU prompted the chairman of the Admissions Policy Academic Standards Committee to resign his position at Thursday's Undergraduate Coordinating Council meeting. APASC Chairman Herbert Rubin said in regards...

Language lab to stay open extra night next semester

By Jeneva Garrett | November 4, 1988

Foreign language department administrators plan to keep the Foreign Language Learning Center open an additional night per week next semester, despite a recent decline in use of current night hour usage. The center, located in the Watson Hall basement,...