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The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Public peace tops agenda

October 24, 1988

The DeKalb City Council will discuss adding amendments designed to strengthen an ordinance pertaining to disturbing the public peace at tonight's 8 p.m. meeting at the DeKalb Municipal building, 200 S. Fourth St. The amendments to Chapter 52, which relates...

Meeting sparks controversy

By Greg Rivara | October 24, 1988

The Student Association senate decided Sunday by a vote of acclamation to send a letter to the University Council expressing displeasure about possible changes that could take away students' rights in appealing decisions regarding illegal class registration....

Council to discuss $5 parking ticket

By Susie Snyder | October 24, 1988

NIU engineering students might have to pay $5 tomorrow to park where the parking is free today. The Sycamore City Council will discuss tonight the proposal to change sections of North Cross Street in Sycamore into a no-parking zone to edge NIU students'...

Responsibility lies in SA’s lap

October 21, 1988

The Student Association should take responsibility for the actions of its own subcommittees and its senate speaker. Thursday, posters sponsored by the Student Committee On Political Action were displayed in several locations on campus. The fliers portrayed...

Lawyer examines credit card ‘automatic approval’

By Jeneva Garrett | October 21, 1988

Although some credit card application forms found around campus might seem too good to be true by offering "automatic approval" to students, these are not necessarily unlawful according to Don Henderson, NIU Students' Legal Assistance director. Henderson...

Regents advise further expansion of policies

By Claudia Curry and Dina Paluzzi | October 21, 1988

NORMAL—The Board of Regents discussed possible development of tuition and sexual harassment policies Thursday. Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves presented a tuition abatement plan to the Illinois Board of Higher Education in early October in hopes...

Rehnquist speaks to NIU crowd

By Sean Noble | October 21, 1988

NIU and DeKalb community members packed the 1,000-seat Carl Sandburg Auditorium of the Holmes Student Center Thursday night to hear Chief Justice William Rehnquist deliver a historical perspective of the American independent judicial system. The 64-year-old...

Fliers spur questions as to SCOPA’s status

By Matt James | October 21, 1988

Fliers posted around campus this week have again raised questions about the status of the Student Committee On Political Action The fliers, which advertise a lecture presented by Chief Justice William Rehnquist Thursday night, feature captions such as...

Division’s proposal spurs complaints

By Susie Snyder | October 21, 1988

If the NIU Parking Division wants a new building, it might have a difficult time selling the proposal to the rest of the university. NIU Parking Division Director Lynn Fraser and NIU Parking Committee Chairman Bob Bornhuetter brought the proposal for...

Ellwood House

Ellwood House

By Amanda Martin | October 21, 1988

Donna Gabel, director of Visitor Services, shows visitors around the outside of the Ellwood House Museum. The Ellwood House has tours throughout the week which are open to single visitors or large groups.

SCOPA to attend conference addressing tuition increases

By Greg Rivara | October 21, 1988

Members of the Student Committee on Political Action will travel to Ohio this weekend to participate in a conference addressing tuition increases and higher educational access. The Progressive Student Organization (PSO) from Bowling Green State University,...

UP officer’s car collides with pedestrian

By Suzanne Tomse | October 21, 1988

A university police officer might have had to issue himself a traffic violation ticket early Thursday morning when his squad car was involved in a collision with a pedestrian in an NIU parking lot. Maurice Sherrill, an NIU janitor, was crossing Wirtz...

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