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Every student is in SA

By John Fallon | January 22, 1990

Question: What is the largest organization on campus which boasts of over 25,000 members? Answer: The Student Association!(Bet you didn't know you were a member.) It's the beginning of a new semester and I would like to inform you that you are a member...

County must have the mall

January 22, 1990

Let's get the mall rolling. DeKalb County has owned a tract of land known as the county farm for ages. It lies between DeKalb and Sycamore along Route 23, adjacent to Northland Plaza. Over the years, several developers have suggested that this tract of...

Issue is full of surprises

January 22, 1990

Hearings conducted last semester involving the System of Systems is already falling upon deaf ears. What a big suprise. In the current System of Systems, the Illinois Board of Higher Education serves as an overall coordinating agency for all sectors of...

CHANCE works

January 22, 1990

The CHANCE Program is a good program. At least, that is my opinion of it. The reason why I say CHANCE is a good program is because it helped me out a lot. You see, I'm a CHANCE student myself. I wasn't accepted through CHANCE because I lacked basic academic...

If life is too much, clobber somebody

By Dan O'Shea | January 22, 1990

Hi. It's me again. If you've just joined us, welcome to Northern Illinois University, or Great America-DeKalb, the jewel of the Midwest. Whoa, I almost didn't make it here. You know, the strangest things happen on New Years Eve. One minute, everything...

Go Corn Borers?

January 22, 1990

This is my second year at NIU and ever since arriving here, I've wondered why the university mascot is called the Huskies? Let me say that I have nothing against Huskies—I'm an avid dog lover myself. However, after spending several hours "cruising"...

Letter inaccurate

January 19, 1990

This is a letter in response to Michael Bond's letter "Based on Fears" which is, in turn, a response to James Hart's letter, "Opinion Off Base." I find your letter to be full of many upsetting inaccuracies. For one, Michael, your definition of racism...

Answer is in aid programs

January 19, 1990

Someone should get concerned about minority enrollment and fast. The American Council on Education released a national study Monday that stated there are fewer blacks and hispanics going to college and fewer yet who are graduating from college. This isn't...

Memorial day gets lost in political fog

By Mark McGowan | January 19, 1990

If a picture does indeed tell a thousand words, the one I have in mind certainly fits the bill. A little slab of Kodak processing shows a friend of mine who was an exchange student in Germany last semester sitting on the crumbling Berlin Wall wearing...

SA’s move questionable

January 19, 1990

The Student Association Executive Board has the power to make decisions without the Senate in emergency situations, but their latest act in exercising this power is questionable. Although the board knew about plans to have Black Muslim leader Louis Farrakhan...

Value life

January 19, 1990

Concerning abortion, I'm the one that said "quality of life" was an elusive phrase. I would like now to shed some light on it. Pro-choice advocates argue that the prospect of a poor economic or social situation for an unborn child is a valid reason to...

Restructure test

January 18, 1990

It was with much concern that I read the article, "NIU students get a pass on civics test" in the Dec. 14, 1989 issue of the Chicago Tribune. At a time that societies of Eastern Europe are attaining long sought-after freedoms, it makes me angry to perceive...