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Food service ponders discount rate plan

By Matt James | February 5, 1988

NIU's University Food Service might implement a student discount rate plan for the Pow Wow Room, Pheasant Room, Blackhawk Cafeteria and the catering service for the fall semester. University Food Service Director Robert Frederickson said the plan is "very...

Towing company files suit against city

By Susie Snyder | February 5, 1988

A City of DeKalb private towing company, charged with six counts of towing ordinance violations, filed a civil suit against the city Tuesday, claiming the ordinance is unconstitutional. Michael Fitzgerald, owner of Northern Illinois Towing, 2615 Sycamore...

Checklist for the ‘Great Apartment Hunt’

February 5, 1988

Unlike the Oklahoma land rush of 1889, the annual "Great DeKalb Apartment Hunt" for next year's apartments does not begin with the blare of bugles and the spring of horse-drawn wagons from a starting line. Old hands, however, have been known to liken...

Call me tall and lanky.

February 5, 1988

Winter months are especially rough on an Irishman. First, there's the fair Irish skin. It sits hidden for months beneath winter sweatpants and emerges to an angry sun sometime in April, ready to turn from Miracle Whip to Pink Cadillac to Cincinnati Red...

Apartment rental cost increases in ‘88

By Bitrus Gwamna | February 5, 1988

NIU students will have to pay more for their apartments this year than they did last year. Those living in NIU's Married Students' Apartments, 501 Annie Glidden Road, and Amber Manor Apartments, 807 to 833 Ridge Drive, will have to pay $10 more this year...

Now is the time to get out and register

February 5, 1988

Voting. In some countries, people attempting to do this are shot at. In others, people battle in the streets just to obtain the right to cast their vote. In the U.S., voting is taken for granted—often with disastrous results. One group that should realize...

Culbertson case closed

February 5, 1988

The Story County Attorney's Office in Nevada, Iowa, will not appeal an Iowa judge's dismissal of the case against NIU men's basketball player John Culbertson. Culbertson's active warrant and terrorism charge were removed Jan. 26 when Judge Steven Van...

NIU might not tolerate guests’ fines

By Paul Wagner | February 5, 1988

NIU visitors might no longer be allowed to accumulate exempt parking fines if the Campus Parking Committee takes action on a proposal to limit the number of parking fines visitors can have cleared. Campus Parking Manager Lynn Fraser said campus visitors...

Employees tell boostore’s story

By Joelle McGinnis | February 5, 1988

Holmes Student Center Bookstore student employees said the incident on Jan. 21 in which four black students were accused of shoplifting was not about racism. A letter prepared by several student bookstore employees stated they felt it was in the best...

Council delays action on bylaws revisions

By Claudia C. Curry | February 5, 1988

The NIU Council on Instruction postponed action Thursday on the university bylaws revisions and changed course review periods. Jim Banovetz, representative from the Presidential Task Force on Constitutional Revision, proposed the new university bylaws...

Conference hits on minority problems

By Marianne Renner | February 5, 1988

Hundreds of participants met to discuss causes of racism on American campuses Thursday as part of an all-day conference entitled "Racial Discrimination on Campus." Issues ranging from minority retention in colleges to educating people on the issue of...

Tax increase would help: Ill. legislators

By M. Michelle Byrne and Suzanne Tomse | February 5, 1988

Editor's note: This is the last part of a three-part series on higher education funding. This part deals with Illinois politicians' role in the funding process. Taxpayers who are concerned about higher education funding need to convince Illinois legislators...