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Art lecturer presents metalworking, jewlery

By Sean Noble | October 5, 1987

A well-traveled art lecturer from England will give a speech and slide presentation on metalworking and jewlery tonight. Susan Fortune is a senior lecturer at the City of London Polytechnic. NIU art Professor Lee Peck said Fortune is noted in the fields...

Hospital fund-raising club seeks members

By Mark Indreika | October 4, 1987

Kishwaukee Community Hospital's fundraising club will kick off its annual drive this Thursday at 6 p.m. with a meeting of local volunteers. The club is seeking 700 members this year, said Dr. Robert Skabo, the drive's membership chairman. Skabo said membership...

Orchestra opens season at Egyptian Theater with

By Sandi Patyk | October 4, 1987

The Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra, including some NIU students, opened its 10th season Sunday with "An Afternoon of Pops" at the Egyptian Theater. Conductor Arthur Montzka said the orchestra includes residents of DeKalb and non-music majors at NIU. "The...

‘Royalty’ chosen by judges for NIU court

By Sheri Forsell | October 4, 1987

As tradition calls, "Homecoming Hoedown ‘87" is rounding up a court of royalty. This year 31 students were nominated to represent their own organizations in the traditional homecoming court. From the 31 nominees, a panel of judges narrowed the field...

Prof. pens book on occult

By Sheri Frey | October 4, 1987

Cosette Kies, chairwoman of library and information studies at NIU, recently published "Supernatural Fiction for Teens, 500 Good Paperbacks to Read for Wonderment, Fear and Fun". The book, published by Libraries Unlimited, is a bibliography of fiction...

The development of NIU: From teachers college to second largest univ. in Ill.

By Susie Snyder | October 4, 1987

NIU and its traditions have come a long way since its very beginnings in the late 1800s. At its unofficial birth in 1903, Homecoming consisted of nothing more than an alumni meeting, banquet and varsity football game between the varsity football team...

SA to enter Huskie Bus in parade

By Nancy Broten | October 4, 1987

The Student Association senate Sunday discussed the possibility of entering a Huskie Bus in the NIU Homecoming Parade and continued with "beginning of the year" committee nominations and approvals. SA senators and staff are making plans to decorate and...

Lack of floats in parade generates controversy

By Peggy Keslin | October 4, 1987

The lack of floats entered in NIU's 80th Homecoming Parade has caused a great deal of controversy. ob Arrington, vice president of programming for RHA, said, "The Residence Hall Association (RHA) has been the only entrant thus far, and it is doubtful...

Lot’s funding discussed

By Jim Wozniak | October 4, 1987

NIU will have to pay back 10 percent annually of the revenue bonds the university is using to pay for construction of a parking lot south of Founders Memorial Library, said Jim Harder, vice president for business and operations. The 10 percent will have...

Wed. noon concert features ‘rockapella’ style

By Lynn Hammarstrom | October 4, 1987

An a cappella song about bulimia is just one of the selections in the repertoire of the three woman band "Betty," which will be performing a noon concert this Homecoming Week in the King Memorial Commons. "Betty," a Washington D.C. band, who has dubbed...

HSC study shows ‘hidden’ damage

By Pam Schmidt | October 4, 1987

Preliminary studies of the damage on the top of the Holmes Student Center have revealed the possibility that the entire building might have to be resurfaced, NIU Physical Plant Director John Harrod said. Although NIU engineers originally planned to complete...

Car crash claims life of student

By Daron Walker | October 4, 1987

A fatal accident Sunday morning at the intersection of Lincoln Highway and Annie Glidden Road injured three NIU students, one of whom later died at St. Anthonys Hospital in Rockford. Ann Smith, driver of one of the cars, and Eric Johnson, a passenger,...