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Group to seesaw to raise money for local charity

September 27, 1988

NIU students walking past the Holmes Student Center on their way to afternoon classes today will see the beginning of a 24-hour marathon. No, the Olympics have not been moved to DeKalb for the day. DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow will help begin a charity teeter-tottering...

Events stress physical diversity

By Diane Buerger | September 27, 1988

Many "Unity in Diversity" week activities for today will center around the theme of physical awareness. The activities include a handicapped simulation, in which campus personalities will experience how life appears to a handicapped individual for one...

Officers capture escaped convict

By Holly Schubert | September 27, 1988

An armed convict who escaped from the Pontiac Correctional Center and took four hostages was apprehended by local police Monday evening in a rural area about five miles north of Sycamore. Police captured fugitive Jessie Donald Sumner, 51, Stanford, at...

DeKalb mayor refuses visits of councilman

By Sylvia Phillips | September 27, 1988

DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow denounced 7th Ward Alderman Mark Powell Monday and refused to meet with the councilman. The council denied support for Powell's request that the mayor hold monthly meetings with aldermen. "As of eight weeks ago, I told him (Powell)...

Council OKs pay raises for mayor, three aldermen

By Sylvia Phillips | September 27, 1988

The DeKalb City Council voted 5 to 2 for pay increases for aldermen and mayor at Monday night's meeting. Under the increases, the mayor will receive $16,200 instead of $13,200 per year and aldermen in wards 2, 4 and 6 will receive $5,200 instead of $3,600...

Chancellor, faculty to meet

September 27, 1988

Board of Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves will address the "mission and future" of NIU at a special Faculty Assembly meeting Wednesday, said Judy Bischoff, University Council executive secretary. Bischoff said Groves also will talk about NIU's budget...

Tenth bus route tops SA Transit discussion

By Matt James | September 27, 1988

The addition of a tenth bus route to the Huskie Bus Line's present daily service was discussed by the Student Association Mass Transit Board Monday, but no decision was made on the proposed route. The transit board did decide, however, to add a bus stop...

Student reports assault

September 27, 1988

A female NIU student reported to University Police that she was the victim of a criminal sexual assault in a Douglas Residence Hall room Saturday between 1:30 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. UP Lt. Ron Williams said two of three suspects involved in the assault have...

Better service warrants rate hike

September 27, 1988

NIU might be asked to pay more for fire protection next year, and the university already is crying to the city about the lack of funding from the state. NIU has paid the same rate for the last three years. Yet technology has been upgraded and services...

Police seek link between burglary, fight

By Holly Schubert | September 27, 1988

University Programming and Activities is investigating a fight between two fraternities at a mixer in the Holmes Student Center Diversions Saturday shortly after midnight. Van Amos, program coordinator for the Center of Black Studies and a chaperone at...

Apartment blaze results in $4,000 worth of damage

By Sean Noble | September 27, 1988

DeKalb firefighters and police evacuated all five floors of DeKalb Plaza Apartment building B, 1325 Lincoln Hwy., Monday evening after a fire causing $4,000 worth of damage broke out on the top floor. DeKalb Fire Chief Jeff Long said DeKalb police responded...

Group calls for Ill. constitutional convention

By Tammy Sholer | September 26, 1988

Funding the state's educational system is one reform the Illinois legislature has failed to improve upon, according to the Citizens for Constitutional Reform. Patrick Quinn, CCR spokesman, said, "Any student or person qualified to attend (a university)...