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SA denies WKDI request for funds

By Nancy Broten | December 7, 1987

WKDI representatives questioned Sunday the validity of a Student Association senate vote which denied the campus radio station of $5,000 in funding. WKDI requested the SA to continue the funding for a contract with United Press International wire service....

Catalog changes approved

By Suzanne Tomse | December 4, 1987

The Council on Instruction approved catalog changes in NIU's admission criteria and dismissal policy Thursday. The admission criteria change requires students planning to enter NIU in the fall of 1988 to have completed two years of college preparatory...

IBHE to review new instruction units

By Tammy Sholer | December 4, 1987

The Illinois Board of Higher Education will review a proposal Friday for new units of instruction, organized research and public service. The board will review recommendations from public universities for nine new units of instruction. Of the nine, NIU...

SA guest to speak on voting

By Nancy Broten | December 4, 1987

In view of the upcoming election year, the Student Association senate will welcome a guest speaker Sunday who will give a presentation on voter registration. DeKalb County Clerk Terry Desmond will speak on the need to make students aware of the importance...

Regents to review tuition increase

By Jim Wozniak | December 4, 1987

SPRINGFIELD—The Board of Regents Thursday approved a motion from NIU student Regent Nick Valadez to re-evaluate the $150 tuition increase in the spring. Valadez said he would like the Regents to look at tuition and present reasons why it can or cannot...

ISSC to vote on start-up formula, new amendment

By Tammy Sholer | December 4, 1987

Approving the fiscal year Monetary Award Program start-up formula is one of the issues the Illinois State Scholarship Commission will address Monday. The ISSC also will look at the adoption of an amendment to make the Illinois State Scholarship a national...

Funding problem persists

By Marianne Renner | December 4, 1987

SPRINGFIELD—Although the spring tuition increase in the Board of Regents System provided additional appropriation, it was not enough to exceed last year's, a Chancellor's report stated. At Thursday's Board of Regents meeting, Chancellor Roderick Groves...

Motorists cautioned

December 4, 1987

Local police officers are advising drivers to take increased precaution while traveling in the area due to recent snow flurries. University Police Lt. Ron Williams said in slick or icy conditions such as those on Thursday, drivers should allow "more time...

Students face wait at center

By Sean Noble | December 3, 1987

There is a long waiting list of people seeking non-emergency help at the Counseling and Development Center, director Kathy Hotelling said, but this is not unusual for this point in the semester. otelling said the waiting list, which might keep some people...

AIDS test needed before marriage

By Sandi Patyk | December 3, 1987

Couples who want to get married in Illinois after Jan. 1 must take a blood test to screen for HIV antibodies which indicate exposure to the AIDS virus. The Illinois legislature passed a law requiring couples to take the blood test before applying for...

NIU’s minority graduates decrease

By Marianne Renner | December 3, 1987

Springfield—The Board of Regents discovered the need to recruit and retain more minority students at NIU after studying data revealing a decrease of graduating minorities over the last six years. The Student Retention Study was conducted at the regency...

Regents’ OK awaited for parking plan

By Jim Wozniak | December 3, 1987

SPRINGFIELD _NIU has devised a plan to add as many as 1,200 parking spaces by using bond revenue as the source of payment for purchase and construction costs. NIU President John LaTourette asked the Board of Regents for concept approval Thursday during...