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NIU logo royalties misallocated

By Tammy Sholer | March 22, 1988

Revenue from NIU's logo, trademark and design was allocated to NIU's Foundation, but the royalties should have gone back to the university. Lyle Monock, audit manager for the Office of the Auditor General, said revenue from the logo should have been allocated...

Hopefuls given election rules

By Christine Boike | March 22, 1988

The Student Association elections commissioner Monday addressed the eight candidates running for SA executive positions. Doug Moore, elections commissioner, informed the candidates of guidelines to follow prior to and during election days. The elections...

SAMTB approves night ride service

By Dina Paluzzi | March 22, 1988

The implementation of a late-night ride service, which will operate on a demand-response basis, was approved Monday by the Student Association Mass Transit Board. The service will operate from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. Thursday through Saturday and will start...

SA debate set for tonight

By Dina Paluzzi | March 22, 1988

Candidates in the Student Association executive elections will be allowed to voice their views and platforms in a debate tonight. The debate between candidates for president, vice president and treasurer will be held in Diversions in the Holmes Student...

Proposed bill would limit municipalities’ tax power

By Susie Snyder | March 22, 1988

If passed, a bill proposed to the Illinois General Assembly would take away municipalities' power to charge a 5-percent utility tax to school districts and local governments, DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow said. The bill would not include colleges or universities...

LaTourette visits Honduras during break

By Sean Noble | March 22, 1988

NIU President John LaTourette spent his spring break in a truly "hot spot"—Honduras, where U.S. troops were sent last week in response to a Nicaraguan incursion there. LaTourette said he and his wife, Lili, joined a group of 20 people visiting the site...

NIU biology prof. dies

March 22, 1988

NIU Biology Professor Sidney Mittler, 70, 227 Forsythe Lane, died Sunday in Kishwaukee Community Hospital. Jack Bennett, another biology professor, said Mittler was an important contributor to the field of genetics and mutation research. "Dr. Mittler...

SA Tenant Union gets new director

By Elizabeth M. Behland | March 22, 1988

The gap left by the January resignation of the Student Association Tenant Union director was filled Sunday when the SA senate approved an appointee. The new director will plan programs and events to help students find housing and resolve tenant/landlord...

Council OKs academic calendar revision

By Katrina Kelly | March 21, 1988

The University Council approved two changes in NIU's academic calendar extending to the year 2003 at their March 9 meeting. James Lankford, chairman of the UC Faculty Assembly University Affairs Committee, said the first change involves the starting date...

Credit hour amendment suggested

By Sean Noble | March 19, 1988

Student Association President Jim Fischer presented his proposal of an NIU constitutional bylaw amendment to the University Council Wednesday specifying six credit hours as the requirement for the SA president to serve on the council. In a special meeting...

Pres. suggests tax break for college ed. savings

March 19, 1988

WASHINGTON (AP)—In a budget that calls for few tax changes, President Reagan today recommended a tax break to help parents save to pay for a college education for their children. The president, in submitting his 1989 budget to Congress, said he will...

Center gets computers

By Sylvia Phillips | March 19, 1988

Audio-visual equipment and computers have been added to the Foreign Language Center in anticipation of employment trends and the creation of a master's degree program. Marilyn Skinner, chairwoman of the department of foreign language and literature, said...