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NIU task force holds forum on health hazards

By Debra Fleischman | February 11, 1987

Tobacco smoke, asbestos, radon and other air pollutants that can pose health hazards in campus buildings will dominate discussion at NIU's first "environmental concerns" open forum next week. NIU's interest in "indoor air quality" stems from last year's...

JLS plans for Oral Roberts’ funeral

By Lynn Hammarstrom | February 11, 1987

The "Oral Roberts Memorial Funeral Fund" has been established this month at NIU by members of The John Lennon Society, a student activist organization. The fund is based on the idea that if the T.V. evangelist dies on March 31, as he has claimed God told...

Murder case will continue; lawyer absent from court

February 11, 1987

A case involving two legally blind NIU students charged with voluntary manslaughter was continued again Tuesday after the attorney for one of the defendants failed to show in DeKalb County Court. Gerardo Diaz and Peter Gogola, both 22, are charged in...

4 groups get funds from SA

By Tammy Sholer | February 11, 1987

About $3,000 was approved for 1987-88 budget requests from several SA recognized organizations at the Student Association meeting Sunday night. The first request from ALPHA: Friends of Antiquity, for $1,105.55, was approved by the SA Senate. The organization...

Marriott violates past contracts

By Pam Schmidt | February 11, 1987

If the Marriott Corporation goes through with its threat to vacate Roy Rogers on March 6, it would not be the first time the corporation violated a contract, according to Robert Fredrickson, University Food Services director. Fredrickson said a Marriott...

City plans to fix streets in Greek Row

By David Johnston | February 11, 1987

The DeKalb City Council decided at their regular meeting Monday to begin accepting bids for the reconstruction of streets in Greek Row. The council directed the Engineering Division to solicit bids for the work on parts A, B and C of the plan which would...

ComEd asks for price raise, freeze

By Paul Wagner | February 6, 1987

Commonwealth Edison asked the Illinois Commerce Commission on Feb. 3 to raise energy prices by $660 million, and then freeze that rate for the next five years. ComEd asked the Commission to speed up hearings on the issue which would raise individual rates...

Proposal for parking cost hike vetoed

By Paul Wagner | February 6, 1987

A proposal to increase the price of parking permits by 285 percent over the next two years and change lot usage was rejected by the Campus Parking Committee Thursday. obert Bornhuetter, NIU professor of art and member of the committee, said he was concerned...

Conference studies injuries, accidents

By Tom Omiatek | February 6, 1987

In an effort to discover ways of preventing injuries that occur in public places, a conference on injury in America will be held Feb. 16-19 in Atlanta to discuss beginning research programs and centers for injury control. Tom Leamon, NIU chairman of industrial...

Committee takes tentative vote

By Pam Schmidt | February 6, 1987

The President's Fee Review Committee tentatively voted Thursday to pass the recommended $2.04 per semester fee increase for the University Health Service. All three student committee members abstained from the tentative vote to approve the proposed 11-cent...

NIU prof. picked to participate in advisory council

By Lynn Kallal | February 6, 1987

NIU Nursing Professor Nola Pender has been named to the advisory council for the new Center for Nursing Research of the National Institute of Health. The National Institute of Health (NIH) is in charge of forming health policies in the federal government....

Coalition fights malpractice problem

By Lynn Kallal | February 6, 1987

Exposing and combating the problem of physician malpractice in Illinois was the topic of discussion Wednesday at the DeKalb Public Library. Karen Imbus, victim coordinator for Statewide Consumer Advocacy Coalition, spoke at the library, 309 Oak St., to...