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Students seek results

By Sean Noble | September 15, 1988

What began Thursday as a day of peaceful student protests within and outside the Board of Regents meeting at NIU ended in an explosive confrontation between students and university administrators. A group of about 125 chanting students marched into the...

Judge to rule on charge from Day of Action II

September 15, 1988

A motion to dismiss a charge of resisting a peace officer will be examined today at a status review hearing for about 75 NIU students who were involved in last year's Day of Action II sit-in on Lincoln Highway April 13. The demonstrators filed the motion...

SA might consider redistricting plan

By Matt James | September 15, 1988

The Student Association Senate might consider a proposal this year to form two different off-campus districts in an effort to ensure equal student representation on the senate. The proposal, which SA Vice President Greg Bliss said might not be addressed...

Increased budget funds assault response team

By Susie Snyder | September 15, 1988

When it comes to sexual assault response, NIU is way ahead of the "pack." Kathy Guimond, a member of NIU's Sexual Assault Task Force and a University Police dispatcher, said NIU's force is one of the best in the country. And with a much-increased budget...

Regents OK $125 charge

By Claudia Curry and Dina Paluzzi | September 15, 1988

A $125 tuition surcharge will be imposed on students of all Regency universities, including NIU, for the spring 1989 semester and every semester thereafter until it is removed by the Board of Regents, the Regents decided Thursday. Through a compromise...

Passion for the past earns 70-year-old top degree

By Tina Yurmanovich | September 15, 1988

Thomas Burton may not look, talk, act or think like the typical NIU student, but that's because he's anything but "typical." Burton has accomplished something few of his peers would even consider attempting. Burton, at the age of 70, received his doctorate...

Faculty eyes establishment of senate

By Stephanie Bradley | September 14, 1988

The NIU Faculty Senate Task Force approved changes made to Article 12 of the NIU constitution and bylaws at a meeting Wednesday. William Monat, task force chairman and NIU regency professor, said the purpose of the changes was to prepare the document...

Funds solicited from alumni via letters, phone

By Amanda Martin | September 14, 1988

A Sept. 12 report by Insight magazine stated that last year alone, "$10.8 billion was donated to education, up 7.5 percent over 1986." A good portion of this money can be attributed to the fundraising efforts of university alumni associations and foundations....

National issues dabated

By Dan Young | September 14, 1988

About one hundred people gathered in the HSC Capitol Room last night to listen as College Republican Chairman Mark Brierton and Young Democrat Chairman John Morreale debated national campaign issues, including educational funding and the Persian Gulf...

Forget all the politics it’s time for Olympics

September 14, 1988

Have you noticed the lack of substantial media coverage for the upcoming Olympic Games? Now, I can't speak about coverage in other countries, but in the good ol‘ United States the traditional pre-Olympics "get geared up" news has been pretty slim. Reading...

CATCH case to be heard

By Elizabeth M. Behland | September 14, 1988

A case filed by a group opposing the construction of the Superconducting Super Collider in Illinois will have a hearing Monday in the Kane County Courthouse. Nancy Ebbert, a spokesperson for the Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources, said...

College of Law sponsoring benefit dinner for new lab

By Diane Buerger | September 14, 1988

NIU's College of Law will benefit from a dinner and a Chicago Bar Association road company production this Saturday of the "Christmas Spirits" show titled "Lex Miserables." The proceeds from the dinner will establish a computer lab, which will be available...