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SAMS raises money for Multiple Sclerosis

By Christine Ader | February 25, 1987

Increasing the awareness of Multiple Sclerosis and raising money for research are the major goals of NIU's Students Against Multiple Sclerosis. SAMS is the college chapter of the national Multiple Sclerosis organization which has more than 200 campuses...

GTS turns into Las Vegas casino for night

By Lynn Kallal | February 25, 1987

NIU gamblers and dancers can participate in "Casino_Dance Night" Thursday at Grant Towers South. The Resident Hall Association and the hall councils for Grant Towers North and South are sponsoring this event, said Kevin McLean, a resident assistant for...

Strategy session tries balancing budget

By David Johnston | February 23, 1987

Alternatives to increasing DeKalb residents' taxes or cutting city services will be considered tonight in a special joint meeting of the DeKalb City Council and the Finance Advisory Board. City Manager Mark Stevens said the purpose of the meeting is to...

Speech criticizes country’s attitude

By Gretchyn Lenger | February 23, 1987

The middle class is collapsing, and this generation's challenge is to implement laws against racism and unite against economic violence, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said Saturday. The United States has lost 500,000 manufacturing jobs in the last seven years,...

WKDI gets funding for news wire

By Tammy Sholer | February 23, 1987

The Student Association Finance Committee Thursday ratified $5,000 to pay for a news wire service for WKDI in the 1987-88 school year that was almost zero-funded by the SA Senate last semester. The United Press International (UPI) wire service enables...

Basketball player loses in court

By Debra Fleischman | February 23, 1987

editor Jerry Williams lost another round in his efforts to finish the season as a playing member of NIU's basketball team. U.S. District Court Judge Charles Norgle on Friday denied Williams a preliminary injuction that would have allowed the academically...

Program offers help to handicapped students

By Ginger Riehle | February 20, 1987

Cooking and reading sound like simple tasks to NIU students, but many handicapped students need help, which they can receive through NIU's Services for Handicapped Students. "Students can go around in a wheelchair, as a game, knowing they can get up or...

DU comedy night will benefit homeless kids

By Louise M. Koryta | February 20, 1987

NIU students can get a good laugh and support a worthy cause at the same time when Delta Upsilon fraternity sponsors a comedy night to be held on behalf of homeless children. The Comedy Club, a professional group of three comics and an emcee, will perform...

Hospital meets outpatients’ needs

By Lynn Hammarstrom | February 20, 1987

DeKalb County will open its first Day Surgery Center at Kishwaukee Community Hospital Sunday with an official "gauze cutting" ceremony and open house. The center, which occupies over 2,100 square feet of space within the hospital, includes several operating...

More credit due

February 20, 1987

I‘d like to correct the impression created by Wednesday's story on Jesse Jackson's visit to NIU. When I was interviewed about Jesse Jackson, the reporter asked me how Rev. Jackson was approached and asked to speak at NIU. What I told the reporter, which...

Sexist term in catalog causes debate

By Suzanne Tomse | February 20, 1987

Eliminating the use of sexist language in the NIU Undergraduate catalog was one of the goals discussed at the Council on Instruction's Thursday meeting. Continuing a process started in 1985 to change all the sexist terms in the catalog, the council wants...

Group protests JLS’s criticizing U.S. Govt.

By Gretchyn Lenger | February 20, 1987

campus editor A group of demonstrators calling themselves "Students For America" gathered in the Martin Luther King Memorial Commons Wednesday night to protest the John Lennon Society. NIU history instructor and graduate student Michael Hickey said he...