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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

NIU officials concerned about US deficit

By Tammy Sholer | November 15, 1988

One week after the election of Vice President George Bush to the presidency, three NIU administrators expressed their concerns that the nearly $3 trillion national deficit will not decrease under the leadership of the president-elect. Leonard Strickman,...

Students urged to join smokeout

By Michelle D. Isaacson | November 15, 1988

NIU's Health Enhancement Services encourages students to participate in the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout on Thursday by refraining from smoking for the day.

Steve Lux, health educator for the services, said the Health Enhancement Center is promoting the smokeout in an attempt to support the American Cancer Society in their national effort.

The Student Wellness Resource Center in the Holmes Student Center will have materials available for students, faculty and staff regarding health hazards associated with smoking.

Lux said NIU has participated in the smokeout for the past few years. An "adopt a smoker" project is part of the program. Non-smokers can adopt a smoker for Thursday. The adopter's duties will involve helping a smoker to quit smoking for the day and encouraging the smoker to stop smoking entirely. People interested in the program can obtain information at the Student Wellness Resource Center.

Lux said that because NIU does not have a high percentage of smokers, the services center also will focus its efforts on providing tips on how not to start smoking and to discourage occasional smokers from becoming addicted.

Although workshops to stop smoking have not been successful, people can get individual help at the Student Wellness Resource Center, Lux said.

The concept of a smokeout was originated by Lynn Smith, a newspaper publisher and ex-smoker from Monticello, Minn. In January 1974, he convinced members of his town not to smoke for one day. Three months after the smokeout, 10 percent of the participants still refrained from smoking.

The American Cancer Society's California Division began the nationwide smokeout on Nov. 20, 1976. A goal of the ACS is to have a smoke-free society by the year 2000.

Paw Paw woman dies after her car crashes into bridge

By Greg Rivara | November 14, 1988

An 18-year-old Paw Paw woman was killed east of Paw Paw when the car she was driving crashed into a bridge and caught on fire. Amy B. Moran was pronounced dead at the scene of the one-car accident by DeKalb County Coroner Dennis Miller at 12:30 p.m. Friday....

Professor to speak on Stalin disappearance

By Jeneva Garrett | November 14, 1988

NIU's Albert Resis received new information on a historical mystery while in Russia last month at a 10-day international symposium. The information came regarding the 12-day "disappearance" of Joseph Stalin when Hitler invaded Russia in 1941. Nikita Khrushchev...

REG changes addressed

By Matt James | November 14, 1988

Student Association members Sunday night heard a letter from one University Council member stating there probably will be changes in the handling of illegal class registration cases—changes the council member said she is not in favor of. In a letter...

Council to aid in police chief search

By Sylvia Phillips | November 14, 1988

The DeKalb City Council will discuss forming a search committee at its meeting at 8 p.m. tonight to help the city manager select a replacement for Police Chief Joe Maciejewski, who will retire Feb. 18. Maciejewski discussed his retirement plans with DeKalb...

Sexually transmitted viruses linked to increase in cancer

November 14, 1988

Well Now Throughout the United States, the incidence of incurable sexually transmittable diseases (STDs), such as herpes, AIDS, and condyloma, is on the rise. One of these diseases, condyloma or venereal warts, appears to be linked to the growth of a...

JLS members protest city’s loitering law

By Sylvia Phillips | November 14, 1988

About 12 John Lennon Society members protested the city's loitering law Friday by marching from the Martin Luther King Memorial Commons to a downtown DeKalb bank where they joined several people at 1 p.m. for a sidewalk picnic. Dressed in army fatigues,...

Creative Arts Center offers opportunity to learn crafts

By Jill Stocker | November 14, 1988

Classes at the Creative Arts Center and Photography Lab provide students with an opportunity to learn a craft or skill they might otherwise not get a chance to learn. "No class credit is given for these classes; they are purely for fun and enjoyment,"...

Graduate student dies, mauled by 2 pit bulls

By Suzanne Tomse | November 14, 1988

A 25-year-old graduate chemistry student who had planned to graduate from NIU in December died after being mauled by two pit-bull dogs Thursday night. The Kane County Sheriff's Department said Kevin Cull, 25, 120 Gurler St., DeKalb, was visiting friends...

Kappa Sigma fraternity introduced at NIU

By Tammy Sholer | November 14, 1988

NIU has seen a new breed of fraternity members roaming the streets of DeKalb since one man started a new chapter of the Kappa Sigma fraternity house this semester. Kappa Sigma President Bill Scheidhauer said, "I was an initiated member at the University...

Group puts off busing-fee vote

By Elizabeth M. Behland | November 14, 1988

An advisory committee to NIU President John LaTourette decided Friday to postpone a tentative decision about whether to recommend an increase in the Student Association Mass Transit Board busing fee. The President's Fee Study Committee began reviewing...

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