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Changes in financial aid affect student jobs

By Sean Noble | September 29, 1988

Financial aids for NIU students might have been one reason for the dozens of recent on-campus student job vacancies, but new financial aid regulations could prove to be a cure. Several on-campus student employers, including those in Founders Memorial...

Proposal for master’s program must pass IBHE

By Stephanie Bradley | September 29, 1988

A proposal for a master of arts program in the foreign language and literature department, which has been accepted by NIU and the Board of Regents, still must be approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Lynne Waldeland, NIU assistant provost...

SA committee discusses SCOPA’s status

By Matt James and Greg Rivara | September 29, 1988

Compromise was the name of the game at Wednesday night's Student Association Internal Affairs Committee meeting concerning the status of the Student Committee on Political Action. The SA decided Sunday to refer to the IAC a senator's proposal which would...

Circuit clerk admits error

By Tammy Scholer | September 28, 1988

The DeKalb County circuit clerk's failure to renew four certificates of deposit for a loss of less than $1,000 was the main topic of discussion at Democratic nominee Linda Finn's town meeting Tuesday night. Finn told a crowd of about 20 that $40,000 worth...

Legislation might speed up reciept of state tax refunds

By Dan Young | September 28, 1988

Illinois taxpayers might receive state income tax refunds more quickly as a result of legislation signed into law earlier this month by Gov. James Thompson. "The issue originally came about as a result of the slow payment of refunds in 1987," said Jennifer...

Simulation promotes student understanding of disabilities

By Diane Buerger | September 28, 1988

Jon Dalton, NIU vice president for student affairs, and two student leaders relied on wheelchairs instead of their feet yesterday, but two disabled students point out simulations alone will not bring about changes. Sue Haas, a physically disabled student...

Escaped killer returned to jail after shooting spree

By Holly Schubert | September 28, 1988

Convicted murderer Jessie Donald Sumner, 51, who escaped from the Pontiac Correctional Center and was captured Monday night north of Sycamore, was returned to Kendall County late last night. Sumner's last of four hostages, department of correction employee...

Master Plan discussed

By Elizabeth M. Behland | September 28, 1988

The recently released Campus Master Plan recommends renovations of the Martin Luther King Memorial Commons and construction of pedestrian walkways to improve the safety and beauty of NIU's campus. Eddie Williams, NIU vice president for finance and planning,...

Morley guilty of harassment

By Holly Schubert | September 28, 1988

Robert Morley, the man accused of harassing NIU Judicial Office Director Larry Bolles by telephone last spring, was found guilty and was sentenced Tuesday to the maximum penalty of six months conditional discharge and 40 hours of community service. Morley,...

Scholars exempt from surcharge

By Dina Paluzzi | September 28, 1988

Students with full Illinois State Scholarship Commission Monetary Award Program scholarships will not be required to pay the $125 tuition surcharge for the spring 1989 semester. The Board of Regents Chancellor's report stated that the increase would be...

Action needed, not simulation

September 28, 1988

All too often at this university, administrators and student leaders alike spend more time talking about and calling attention to problems than they do trying to solve them. Such is the case with Unity in Diversity Week's physical awareness day. Yesterday,...

Plan for new bus route a mistake

September 28, 1988

Once again the university's "parking problem" has become a scape goat for people too lazy to get out and walk. Now the complaint has turned from not enough parking to parking that is too far from campus. The approval of a proposal made to the Student...