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HSC bookstore celebrates with ‘Grand Opening’

By Peggy Keslin | September 21, 1987

The Student Center Bookstore is holding a "Grand Opening" this week to familiarize students and faculty with the changes they have made since remodeling this summer. The main changes are the additions of several new sections and an increase of all inventory,...

Book autographing part of promotional activities

September 21, 1987

Lucien Stryk, internationally renown poet and NIU professor, will be signing copies of his books at the Student Center Bookstore Grand Opening today from 1 to 3 p.m.

Stryk, who has been at NIU for 30 years, teaches poetry and Oriental literature. He works particularly with Zen poetry and Buddhist literature.

Stryk said more than 20 of his books have published, many of which have been widely translated. He also has 12 poetry collections and translated volumes of Japanese poetry. Some of these were collaborations with other authors, he said.

e has also published two anthologies of Midwestern poets, which he uses as texts in his poetry classes.

is most recent work, "Bells of Lombardy", will be among those which he will sign. This book is the 12th collection of his poetry.

"It is a great privilege to be asked (to autograph his work). I feel honored. I do this sort of thing from time to time, and it is particularly fine at one's own school," he said.

Stryk said the Student Center Bookstore has a large selection of his work including his poems, the anthologies of the Midwestern poets and the translations of Japanese poetry.

NIU English Professor Gerald Berkowitz said, "He (Stryk) is a very good poet. He will admit that he is influenced by the Japanese poets on matters of style, imagery and such."

Report opposes treaty reinterpretation to allow for expanded ‘Star Wars’ testing

September 21, 1987

WASHINGTON (AP)—The Reagan administration incorrectly claims it can unilaterally reinterpret the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty to allow expanded U.S. "Star Wars" testing, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Sunday. The attempt by the Republican...

Library budget reduced by $80,000

By Mark Indreika | September 21, 1987

Because of the $363 million statewide budget cut, NIU's library material fund is being reduced by $80,000 this year. Gordon Rowley, associate director of NIU libraries, said the cuts represent a 4 percent reduction in the materials' budget from last year,...

SA senators take oaths, learn of responsibilities

By Alan Marcus | September 21, 1987

Winners of last week's Student Association senate elections took their oaths of office Sunday night as the senate convened for the first time this year. SA President Jim Fischer said the senators will have to work hard in order to provide students with...

Office helps grad. students find funds

By Dina Paluzzi | September 21, 1987

The Graduate School Grants and Fellowship Office recently has been established to aid graduate students in finding research grants, fellowships and graduate assistantships. Graduate School Assistant Dean Philip Daniel, who created the office, said, "I...

Physics dept. gets funds for Ph.D. program

By Sandi Patyk | September 21, 1987

The Board of Regents Friday approved NIU's request for $500,000 for fiscal year 1989 to develop a Ph.D. program in physics. Before the Regents meeting, Chancellor Roderick Groves said he was sure the funding request would be approved. "I think everyone...

Junior Career Day prepares students

By Suzanne Tomse | September 21, 1987

NIU alumni will advise students about preparing for the "real world" at the College of Business's annual Junior Career Day. The event, which will be held Wednesday, begins at 9 a.m. with a welcome by Richard Brown, dean of the college and Gary Scott,...

Diaz presesents testimony

By Paul Wagner and Daron Walker | September 21, 1987

Defendant claims victim charged at him A blind NIU senior charged with voluntary manslaughter testified Friday that his victim charged him before being shot. Gerardo Diaz and Peter Gogola, another blind NIU student, are charged in connection with the...

Student suffers fatal cut to artery

By Daron Walker | September 21, 1987

John J. Fenzel, 21, of Lincoln Hall, died early Friday after he fell and suffered a fatal cut from a beer glass he was carrying in his right pocket. DeKalb Deputy Coroner Earl Tischler said Fenzel fell after running into a guide wire of a telephone pole....

WKDI’s channel switch might require $180,000

By Matt James | September 18, 1987

If WKDI's new frequency application is approved by the Federal Communications Commission, as much as $180,000 might be needed to complete the switch from cable to over-the-air broadcasting, said Mike Lazar, WKDI faculty adviser. Lazar, also general manager...

Christian heavy-metal band performs at NIU

By Lynn Hammarstrom | September 18, 1987

Damascus, a group described as "long-haired, progressive Christian-art metal," will perform this Sunday night in the Duke Ellington Ballroom. The four-member band, which originally was formed in 1975 under the name "Haze," hails from Mt. Prospect, Ill....

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