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Annual industrial arts exhibit opens Friday

By Lynn Kallal | April 6, 1987

NIU will be hosting the 30th annual Northern Illinois Industrial Education Exhibit this Friday and Saturday. NIU will display work by industrial arts students from junior and senior high schools in 22 northern Illinois counties, said Gary Lintereur, exhibit...

Univ. limits transfer admissions

By Suzanne Tomse | April 6, 1987

Transfer student applications to NIU for the fall of 1987 will not be accepted after June 15 due to limited resources and an increase in applications. As of Feb. 19, transfer applications increased 13.6 percent since last year. Although the percentage...

WKDI opens doors

By Tammy Sholer | April 5, 1987

Students interested in learning more about the operations and money problems of WKDI-FM or who want to apply for a position are invited to an open house Tuesday. Marna Coldwater, WKDI's program director, said even though all students are invited to attend...

Suspected suicide investigation ends

April 5, 1987

DeKalb Police have stopped investigating the apparent suicide of a 65-year-old man found dead Thursday in front of 2621 James Court Apartments, off of North First Street. DeKalb Police Sgt. Chuck Kross said there will be no further investigation of the...

Committee chooses new candidate

By Suzanne Tomse | April 5, 1987

A new provost candidate was chosen by the Provost Search Committee last week to replace the candidate who withdrew her application Wednesday. Warren Phillips of Takoma Park, Md., will be on campus today and tomorrow to be interviewed by various university...

Athletic Board changes proposed

By Jim Wozniak | April 5, 1987

Changes in NIU's Athletic Board's composition might be forthcoming if a recommendation from a board committee is brought to the University Council for approval. The Ad Hoc Committee on Policy and Structure presented a proposal to the board Wednesday that...

Police investigate mysterious shooting

By M. Michelle Byrne | April 3, 1987

A 65-year-old man was found dead Thursday by the DeKalb Police, victim of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. The man was found in front of the building at 2621 James Court Apartments at about 2:30 p.m. after someone reported that a man had been...

Officials air views on street repair problem

By Paul Wagner | April 3, 1987

Although some streets along Greek Row will be repaired this summer, DeKalb city officials say the $1.2 million needed to fix streets in the north Greek Row area will not be available for several years. Streets in the north Greek Row area are not the only...

NIU illustration major wins Trib poster contest

By Christine Boike | April 3, 1987

An NIU illustration major recently won first place in a contest sponsored by The Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine by creating a poster and slogan for the city. Kris Pearson, a 21-year-old junior, competed against about 2,300 contestants who took up the...

GM offers special deal to graduates

By Lynn Kallal | April 3, 1987

Graduating college seniors and graduate students finally have the advantage of a simplified deal when buying or leasing a car through the 1987 College Graduate Finance Plan. General Motors Acceptance Corporation Financial Services is ensuring financing...

Law students make tax filing easier

By Tammy Sholer | April 3, 1987

Students confused about how to fill out tax returns will be able to find help at NIU's College of Law starting Monday. The tax return assistance is being sponsored by the law fraternity, Delta Theta Phi, through the law school as a public service so students...

Pres. calling for lasting solutions to parking crisis

By Paul Wagner | April 3, 1987

NIU President John LaTourette called for the Campus Parking Committee to work with administrators, chosen by LaTourette, to bring about "some definite progress toward a long-term solution" to the parking problem by the end of the 1988 spring semester....