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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Bronze MLK statue might stand in commons by May

By Nancy Broten | November 6, 1987

A $21,000 bronze statue of Martin Luther King Jr., in its second year of planning and development stages, might stand in NIU's King Memorial Commons as early as May. The bronze statue will stand 6 feet tall on a 3-foot pedestal near the center of the...

Philharmonic gives final fall concert

By Katrina Kelly | November 6, 1987

Featuring two graduate conductors as well as two award-winning student soloists, the NIU Philharmonic will perform its final concert of the fall semester Nov. 10. The performance in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall at the Music Building will begin with a...

Ghost chaser spooks NIU with ‘true’ tales

By Peggy Keslin | November 5, 1987

The eerie feeling of Halloween lingered in the aisles of Sandburg Auditorium as more than 1000 NIU students and faculty gathered to hear "True Ghost Stories of Chicagoland" Wednesday night. Richard T. Crowe, who believes he might be the only full-time...

False posters cause business loss

By Sandi Patyk | November 5, 1987

Posters advertising that the band Naked Raygun would play at the Jungle were found in campus buildings in September, but the band was not scheduled to appear at the bar. Lito Neboniachi, owner of the Jungle, 1027 W. Hillcrest, said the posters stated...

City’s response limited

By Paul Wagner and Daron Walker | November 5, 1987

Assistant City Manager Gary Boden said there are as many complaints from students against other students as any other type of complaints. "Regardless of who it is (making a complaint), they are just residents of the city of DeKalb," he said. DeKalb County...

UC voices document concerns

By Suzanne Tomse | November 5, 1987

When discussing NIU's proposed constitution Tuesday, the University Council expressed concerns about some of the changes and offered additional recommendations to the constitutional task force. The Presidential Task Force on Constitutional Revision will...

Provost withdraws doctorate proposal

By Tammy Sholer | November 5, 1987

NIU will have to do without a physics doctorate program because Provost Kendall Baker withdrew the $2 million prosposal from the Illinois Board of Higher Education. At the Faculty Assembly meeting Wednesday, Baker spoke on his reasons for withdrawing...

Law school receives grant to publish review journal

By Robyn Richard | November 5, 1987

The NIU Law School received a $5,000 grant from the Illinois Bar Foundation in Springfield to finance the publication of a special issue of the Law Review. The Law Review is a student-edited publication run by the law school. Editor in Chief Steven Brody...

TSE bias concerns raised

By Nancy Broten | November 5, 1987

The Student Committee On Political Action discussed plans Wednesday to check into the methods NIU's Graduate Council uses to determine who will be required to take the Test of Spoken English, a fluency test given to foreign individuals seeking positions...

Panhellenic Council postpones elections

By Christine Boike | November 5, 1987

The Panhellenic Council Tuesday elected a new external public relations chairwoman but had to postpone other executive officer elections. Debbie Mitchel was elected to the public relations post. Most offices were not up for election Tuesday since several...

Nurse discusses overseas experiences

By Susie Snyder | November 5, 1987

Realizing how little they know about other cultures is a rude awakening many nurses face overseas, said Nancy Savage at NIU's annual Roseanne Krcek-Frank lecture Savage has worked as a staff nurse, instructor and consultant for Project Hope in countries...

Mail-in class registration starts today

November 4, 1987

Students can register by mail today through Nov. 20 for Spring, 1988 semester classes to avoid the last-minute problems of late registration. egistration and Records Director Dick Durfee said Nov. 20 is the deadline for students to mail in their class...

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