The Student Association Voter Registration Committee will be registering voters this week in hopes of improving upon the low NIU voter turnout of about 12 percent during the 1984 presidential election.

Committee Chairman Tom Elkins said registrars at Add/Drop voter registration tables succeeded in signing up about 400 people for the Nov. 8 presidential election and that NIU students can register in residence halls beginning today.

Registration also will be possible toward the end of the week at the Holmes Student Center, he said.

Elkins had stated in a press release the committee hopes to "register 100 percent of NIU's eligible student body and encourage them to vote" by Nov. 8.

But he said that was "a pretty heavy goal. We probably won't be that successful because a lot of students don't care or just don't want to take the time to register.

"The committee's job is not to instruct the voters as to who to vote for. That is between the voters and the candidates," Elkins said. "If 10,000 people come out and want to register, that's what we're here for."

Brantly Womack, director of Graduate Studies for the NIU Political Science Department, said low voter turnout "is a fact of life for United States politics. The U.S. is characterized by low voter turnout.

"As you can see from the discussions on campaign strategies, politicians pay attention to registration statistics. If a certain group neglects to vote, the politicians pay less attention to them," he said.

"If all the students in Illinois voted, then Illinois lawmakers would take the issue of higher education more seriously," Womack said.

Also, the article incorrectly quoted Sullivan as saying behaviorally-disordered students are screened by the personnel office.

The DeKalb County Special Education Association performs the initial screening of their behaviorally disordered students before different areas do a separate screening.

The Star regrets the errors.

Robert Rizzuto, 17, of 147395 Mission Ave., Oak Forest, Ill., the driver in an automobile accident in which a passenger was killed Monday, remained in stable condition Wednesday at Kishwaukee Community Hospital.

Rizzuto's passenger, Kristine Conn, 18, 15606 Lorel Ave., Oak Forest, Ill., was killed in the accident. Conn, an NIU student, resided at 295 Douglas Hall.

A wake for Conn will be held today from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the McGann Funeral Home, 10727 S. Pulaski Rd., Chicago. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Friday at St. Damian Church, 5300 155th St., Oak Forest, Ill.

NIU student Richard Bragg, 18, of 1106 S. Second St., was driving the car which collided with Rizzuto's as Rizzuto attempted to make a left turn in front of oncoming traffic at the intersection of Annie Glidden Road and Lincoln Highway Monday afternoon. Bragg was not hurt.