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Mosquitoes attack DeKalb after rains

By Nancy Broten | August 31, 1987

The heavy rainstorms that brought damage and inconvenience to NIU students and DeKalb residents are one of the reasons for the onslaught of a higher than average number of mosquitoes. Walking the campus near the saturated edges of the Kishwaukee River...

NIU forms AIDS plan

By Mark Indreika | August 31, 1987

In order to better deal with future problems with AIDS on campus, a university committee has developed a policy statement concerning the disease. The committee was formed last year by Jon Dalton, vice president for student affairs, and was composed of...

Photo, art exhibits premier at NIU

By Lynn Hammarstrom | August 31, 1987

The NIU School of Art will open its fall season with several new exhibits this month. "Figurative Imagery from Chicago Artists" will be on display in Gallery 200 of the Visual Arts Building Sept. 9-27. The exhibit, which features 14 Chicago-area artists'...

NIU profs. help U.S. team win contest

By Dan McAuliffe | August 31, 1987

Two NIU theatre professors and a university alumnus this summer participated in a U.S. costume design and theater architecture exhibit which won the Grand Prix award at an international competition, the Prague Quadrennial. Arnold Adducci and Richard Arnold...

Data show NIU males paid more

By Moin H. Khan | August 4, 1987

Female faculty members at NIU receive a lower salary rate than their male counterparts, and fewer women than men are hired for jobs requiring high academic responsibilities, stated the American Association of University Professors' 1986-87 annual report....

Skybox debate continues

By Jim Wozniak | August 4, 1987

NIU officials will continue depositing revenue made from skybox sales into an NIU Foundation account despite orders in April from the Auditor General to do otherwise. NIU has a different interpretation of the legislation regarding skybox revenue than...

Bargaining fails; strike forms filed

By Tammy Sholer | August 4, 1987

Unfair labor practice charges have been filed against NIU in connection with the possible strike involving more than 300 food service and building maintenance workers. Eddie Williams, vice president for finance and planning, said the American Federation...

Police arrest 2 for auto burglaries

By M. Michelle Byrne | August 4, 1987

DeKalb Police arrested two DeKalb youths July 28 who allegedly were involved in up to 61 car burglaries in the DeKalb and Sycamore area. Fifty-six of the car burglaries occurred July 28, between midnight and about 3 a.m., said DeKalb Police Detective...

Finance committee to report to SA senate

August 4, 1987

The recently formed Student Association Finance Review Committee Wednesday decided upon several changes needed in the SA Finance Committee's structure. SA Treasurer Todd Lipscomb said Finance Committee members should be at the SA Senate meetings to explain...

NIU dedicates Burma center

By Moin H. Khan | August 4, 1987

NIU's strong commitment to Southeast Asian studies enabled it to beat out several of the nation's top universities to house the world's first Center for Burma Studies. The center will be used to study the culture of Burma, a Southeast Asian country with...

Alderman tries to address all issues

By Mike Droege | July 28, 1987

First Ward Alderman Chris Hoagland, an NIU student, has been busy trying to keep Huskie Buses running in the Greek Row area and to make it legal for 19-year-olds to enter the local bars. "I've been working at acquainting myself with all issues and departments...

Police searching for robbery suspects

By M. Michelle Byrne | July 28, 1987

A gift shop in downtown DeKalb was robbed Thursday afternoon by two men with a knife, police said.

At about noon, two men entered the store and demanded money from the cash register of La Moreliana, 205 N. Sixth St. The employee gave the men an undisclosed amount of cash from the register at which point they ran from the store on foot, said DeKalb Police Lt. Gary Spangler. The two men were last seen running northbound on Sixth Street, and east on Oak Street.

The men are described as two black males, both wearing dark hoodies and jeans. The suspect with the knife was in his 30s and had his face covered with some type of dark scarf, Spangler said.

The knife was described as a large kitchen type knife, between eight and 12 inches long, he said.

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the DeKalb Police Department at 815-748-8400.