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BSU, recycle station receive OK for funds

By Tammy Sholer | February 5, 1987

Two Student Association recognized organizations were approved funding for next year by the SA Finance Committee Tuesday night, which totalled about $17,000. The first request from the Student Association Recycling Station for $7,336.66 was unanimously...

Associations offer trips for spring break

By Louise M. Koryta | February 5, 1987

With spring break only five weeks away, NIU students must soon decide where they might want to vacation and how much money they can afford to spend. Students representing different companies are competing with each other to sell the most trips. According...

Employers visit NIU’s career fair

By Ginger Riehle | February 5, 1987

NIU students can meet future employers at NIU's Fourth Annual Cooperative Education and Internship Career Fair on Wednesday in the Duke Ellington Ballroom in the Holmes Student Center. The career fair, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., is being...

Faculty might gain stronger UC voice

By Suzanne Tomse | February 5, 1987

In an attempt to obtain a stronger faculty voice in University Council matters, a proposal to restructure the council will be presented later this semester by the Constitutional Task Force. The task force agreed Wednesday with the proposal after much...

LA&S faces schedule dilemma

By Suzanne Tomse | February 4, 1987

Many NIU students experienced scheduling problems this semester due to past and present high enrollments and a shortage of faculty, especially in some departments of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. "We are having very heavy enrollments in our...

NIU accounting dept. seventh in national ranking

By Darnell Williams | February 4, 1987

NIU's accounting program received another honor when it moved from eleventh to seventh place in the nation according to a ranking published by "Public Accounting Report," an independent newsletter for accounting professionals. According to John Engstrom,...

Committee interested in utility rates, wastes

By Mike Solley | February 4, 1987

Combating high utility rates and protecting the environment from hazardous wastes are the top priorities of the Illinois Senate Committee on Energy and Environment according to newly appointed chairman Pat Welch, D-Peru. "The committee can be of help...

City police face charges

By Deneen Smith | February 3, 1987

Charges of racial discrimination and harassment brought against two DeKalb Police officers by an NIU student have led to an internal investigation of the incident. The student made a formal complaint against Officers Richard Zenzen and J. Kenton Quist,...

NIU forecasters take third in contest

By Ginger Riehle | February 3, 1987

The forecast called for victory as NIU meteorology students placed third in overall competition at the 1985-86 national forecasting competition. Paul Dunne, a meteorology student, said about 15 NIU students competed in the competition which was sponsored...

Service is informing about sex

By Lynn Kallal | February 3, 1987

Because of a greater demand on campus, NIU's Health Enhancement Service is providing more sex and health risk information. The service has been spending a lot of time emphasizing problems and solutions of sex issues. "The service is focusing a greater...

Board seeks new Huskie Bus riders

By Paul Wagner | February 3, 1987

The Student Association Mass Transit Board is trying to boost the number of Huskie Bus riders, especially DeKalb residents, in hopes of improving relations with DeKalb's City Council and eliminating the need to raise student fees. Ideas to increase bus...

DeKalb might revise towing, relocation law

By David Johnston | February 3, 1987

The DeKalb City Council is considering proposals for revision of the existing ordinance regulating automobile relocation in response to continuing controversy over towing practices. Under the current ordinance, the city must issue an annual license before...