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Wirtz plans postponed

By Stephanie Bradley | March 8, 1988

Delays in contract negotiations and other obstacles for the Wirtz Quadrangle redesign have postponed plans for areas on the improvement waiting list. The project to improve the area between Wirtz Hall and the University Health Service was to be completed...

Dance co. fuses various art forms

By Laurie Swearingen | March 8, 1988

Just as a dream evokes an array of visions, Margaret Jenkins Dance Company and collaborators are said to emit the joys and tragedies of living through compositions filled with elements of dance, music, poetry, film and fine arts. The San Francisco-based...

Another pretrial set for reckless homicide case

By Marianne Renner | March 8, 1988

Another pretrial was set for March 21 for the case of Demetrius Glenn, 20, who is charged with reckless homicide in connection with the death of NIU student Christine Billmyer. Assistant State's Attorney Duke Harris said the judge set another pretrial...

Local ‘skinheads’ clear up Nazi misconceptions

By Joelle McGinnis | March 8, 1988

The presentation of an Oprah Winfrey show featuring Aryan Youth Movement skinheads provided an opportunity for a group of NIU students to clear their names and inform students that there are no Nazi skinheads on NIU's campus. About 100 students attended...

Students produce show despite conflicts

By Sylvia Phillips | March 8, 1988

Communications studies students are producing a television show despite conflicts that caused the program to be discontinued earlier than scheduled last semester. "Paragon" is produced by students in Media Studies, formerly known as the Radio-TV-Film...

Regents offer $300 grants to NIU juniors

By Tammy Sholer | March 8, 1988

For the fourth year, four NIU juniors have a chance to receive $300 for the 1988-89 academic year from the Board of Regents Scholar Awards. The Regents' scholarship was designed to recognize a student's academic achievement, leadership and services, scholarship...

Board defers approval of ride service

By Dina Paluzzi | March 8, 1988

An approval by the Student Association Mass Transit Board of a late night ride service was postponed Monday because the board agreed the proposal was not complete. Board Chairman Phil Kessler said, "We're not going to let something incomplete go through."...

Effective SA depends on change

By Sandi Patyk and Dina Paluzzi | March 8, 1988

Editor's note: This is the second of a two-part series about operational difficulties in the Student Association Senate. Changes in the structure of the Student Association or in the attitudes of the SA members are needed if the senate is to be an effective...

NIU’s TV-8 might lose on-air time

By Sylvia Phillips | March 8, 1988

A black entertainment television channel might replace student-produced programming on NIU's TV-8. The Black Entertainment Network, which distributes black-oriented programming to cable systems throughout the country, is in the process of negotiating...

Investor group to buy Montgomery Ward

March 8, 1988

CHICAGO (AP)—A management-led investor group is buying the Montgomery Ward department-store division from Mobil Corp. in a $3.8 billion leveraged buyout that Ward's president said Monday will give the operation new flexibility. "I firmly believe that...

NIU gets high marks in survey

By Tammy Sholer | March 8, 1988

A survey conducted last fall to determine NIU's image among the business world found undergraduates are seen as well educated and students are considered well prepared for jobs. NIU's Public Opinion Lab surveyed 200 corporate and civic leaders from businesses...

Buses may be rerouted

March 8, 1988

Huskie buses might not stop at DuSable Hall between 6 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. today. Paul Johnson, street operations manager, said a high school sectional basketball game at Chick Evans Field House probably will result in too many cars parked near DuSable....