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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

‘Resent’ biases

November 9, 1989

Your recent series of articles on apartment housing in DeKalb was one-sided and prejudiced, to say the least. Your asumption that every landlord in DeKalb is out to take students for all their money is ridiculous. Using one student's opinion to symbolize...

There are ways to solve heating disputes

November 9, 1989

Speaking from the bar Unmistakeable harbingers of winter are starting to appear around town. Drug stores are running anti-freeze sales, back pages of magazines are advertising clothes for pets and the local T-shirt emporiums are gearing up to sell "I...

Efforts show true concern

November 9, 1989

After some time of gathering information about making the Holmes Student Center more accessible to handicapped students, it is great to see that the plans are in the works and awaiting funding. Hopefully, time spent seeking funds from the state in order...

Maturity matter

November 9, 1989

I would like to explain how it is for me to come to NIU. I'm hard of hearing. Obviously, it's not always easy for me to meet people. I've noticed that when I meet white people, half the time they tend to look at the floor and mumble. But the black people...

Well, ‘what is it?’

November 9, 1989

Our athletic director indicates "this is not an entertainment business," The Northern Star, Oct. 27, "No Cost Modern...Look." If it's not entertainment that spectators experience while viewing athletic competition, what is it? Daniel Klein Associate professor...

Find solutions

November 9, 1989

The little boy who cried wolf. The NIU students are shouting racism. Instead of dwelling on and accentuating the negative situations, can anyone speak of the positive interactions or the ways to stimulate more positive relationships? We can't afford to...

Honorable, not demeaning

November 9, 1989

Debate about Chief Illiniwek, symbol of the University of Illinois, is unfolding not in football stadiums or basketball arenas, but the Illinois Senate and House of Representatives. Sen. Paul Simon argues the chief's ritual dance, a 63-year-old tradition...

Representation not ‘OK’

November 8, 1989

The Illinois Senate overlooked Gov. James Thompson's obvious lame duck mentality last week when they OK'd his new appointment to the Board of Regents.

Dave Murphy, board chairman of McHenry County College in Crystal Lake, will replace Harry Wellbank on the nine-member board. Although Murphy is probably well versed in the needs of community colleges, one must question his place on a board that governs three universities.

NIU, Illinois State University and Sangamon State University are three diverse schools in need of better representation on their often-maligned governing board. Murphy's contributions as a Regent, however valuable, might fail to address the more pressing issues the board faces.

Wellbank's abrupt, almost rude, dismissal has raised eyebrows on the Regency campuses among those who recall his polite cooperation with the universities when the schools firmly opposed recent policy changes and the larger issue of a separate governing board.

Thompson squandered his opportunity for a meaningful contribution to NIU's governing board by failing to address the Regents' insufficient representation. Unfortunately, we will have to wait until 1991 for another chance to instill fresh blood into the board—in the form of three new Regents—when three more members' terms expire.

well I know it works.

November 7, 1989

"Sauce" is pouring it on. Stacey Robinson, who wears jersey No. 7, turned in the seventh NIU 1,000-yard rushing season Saturday when he rushed for 138 yards in the Huskies' win over Southwestern Louisiana. In the process Robinson passed both Adam Dach...

Definitely racial

November 7, 1989

I am writing in response to the beating incident that took place the weekend of Oct. 20. I was insulted when I read about the attack of a black student. The next day I was told that the victim was a close friend of mine. Needless to say, I was overwhelmed...

Situation a little too cozy

November 7, 1989

In 1988, a book called "Profscam" did a little more than raise a few eyebrows on college campuses. The book tackled the issue of college professors doing little and getting a lot. obert Nisbet, professor emeritus at Columbia University, commented on the...

Editors control

November 7, 1989

In the Oct. 11 Star, there was a short news item, "NIU student battered." It gave a brief description of the people involved. It did not say what they wore, nor how tall they were, nor what their shoe size was, but it did say the color of their skin....