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NIU to host entrepreneurship seminars

By Elizabeth M. Behland and Stephanie Bradley | September 29, 1988

NIU will host one of several entrepreneurship seminars that will be held nationwide to introduce the development and operation process of small businesses. James Thomson, U.S. Small Business Administration's regional administrator, said NIU will conduct...

Instructors press

By Stephanie Bradley | September 29, 1988

Several NIU instructors questioned Board of Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves for details about the funding of Professor Clyde Wingfield's Washington "administrative assignment" Wednesday. At a special meeting of the NIU Faculty Assembly, Sociology Professor...

Friends of Antiquity to hold lecture

September 29, 1988

ALPHA: The Friends of Antiquity is presenting its 180th lecture series, which will highlight the architecture of ancient Egypt. Lecturer and professor Avra Liakos from the NIU School of Art has chosen "Ancient Egypt: Aspects of Death and Eternal Life"...

Public debate to argue over malpractice issue

By Jill Stocker | September 29, 1988

A public debate over whether there should be changes in the laws that govern lawsuits for malpractice will be presented today in the Moot Courtroom in Swen Parsons. The public is invited to the 3 p.m. debate titled, "Tort Reform or Deform," said Mike...

Concerned students demand equity study

By Susie Snyder | September 29, 1988

A group of students concerned about the firing of CHANCE counselor Martha Palmer met Wednesday with NIU Provost Kendall Baker to demand solutions for "the inequities, hypocrisies, scandals and deceptions of the Northern Illinois University administration."...

NIU requesting funds to recruit more minorities

By Susie Snyder | September 29, 1988

NIU is awaiting a decision from the Illinois Board of Higher Education to pass a proposal which would fund a program to recruit 100 more minority transfer students annually. Lynne Waldeland, NIU assistant provost, said the proposal stemmed from a Board...

Hey! NIU here’s a few suggestions to ponder

September 29, 1988

Columnist's Note: This is the first in a series of occasional columns presenting the author's arbitrary thoughts, thought-provoking questions and wild suggestions. The Buck$ Stop Here Department: Budget cuts to higher education? Hah! That should be no...

Mental health center to open Sycamore office

By Tammy Sholer | September 29, 1988

Area residents who have had to travel to the Ecker Center for Mental Health in Elgin will now be able to seek their counseling in a new Sycamore office. The Ecker Center will open its doors at 1101 DeKalb Ave. to the people of Sycamore and the surrounding...

Reconsider quick law passage

September 29, 1988

The DeKalb City Council has received a lot of attention lately after 7th Ward Alderman Mark Powell started making accusations that the council is a "rubber stamp" for proposals. But because of Powell's continual disruptions of meetings and attacks on...

Anthropologist/Professor to hold lecture

By Michelle D. Isaacson | September 29, 1988

NIU Anthropologist and Associate Professor William Fash will reveal the progress of his Copan Mosaics Project during a presentation at 8 p.m. today in the Holmes Student Center Heritage Room. Michael Gonzales, associate professor of history and acting...

Frustrated students walk out of class

By Jill Stocker | September 29, 1988

Students angered by a hard-to-understand book, an allegedly ineffective teacher, and an excessively large class size walked out of their MATH 101 course the day before a test last week and started a petition outlining these problems, said Samantha Hellenga,...

Coroner questions opponents experience

By David Kirkpatrick | September 29, 1988

The races for political offices have begun to heat up in DeKalb County, and in the campaign for county coroner, a question of qualifications has been raised. Incumbent coroner and Democrat Dennis Miller, in an interview Wednesday, questioned the qualifications...