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Teacher wins award for article publication

March 6, 1989

Irene Rubin, NIU associate professor of political science, will receive the prestigious Mosher award for her contribution to "The Public Administration Review," a journal published by the American Society for Public Administration. ubin will receive the...

Tumblers will host triangular

March 3, 1989

Before the 1989 season began, Chuck Ehrlich knew tonight's triangular with Penn State and Iowa would be a difficult meet to win. However, there was no way the NIU men's gymnastics coach could have predicted that he would face the two national powers with...

Take CHANCE revamp further

March 3, 1989

For more than a year, NIU and the Board of Regents have been conducting surveys and trying to find a way to curb the high dropout rate of minorities in the CHANCE program. As the program is now, CHANCE students are guided and counseled only their freshman...

Iran-USSR relationship alarming

March 3, 1989

The recent efforts of the Soviet Union to mediate peace between nations of the Middle East is admirable, even if such moves seem somewhat premature considering existing conditions. However, in dealing with Iran, the USSR is becoming a little too friendly....

Tower’s pledge late, damning

March 2, 1989

The controversy regarding secretary of defense nominee John Tower should not be one of mere politics. One of the three arguments against Tower is his alleged past of extreme drinking, which Tower originally denied. As often happens in politics, Tower...

College to host annual Career Day

March 2, 1989

The College of Engineering is holding its second annual Career Day at 10:00 a.m. today in Sandburg Auditorium. The program, held in conjunction with National Engineering Week, is geared toward both undergraduate and graduate students pursuing careers...

NIU and IBHE—start talking

March 2, 1989

It seems students are not the only ones to forget when their assignments are due. When the University of Illinois at Chicago told the Illinois Board of Higher Education that they wanted to move their engineering programs to nearby community college districts,...

Concerts will feature faculty compositions

March 2, 1989

Two concerts sponsored by the school of music this weekend will feature works by NIU faculty composers. The first concert is 8 p.m. Friday in the recital hall of the school of music. The annual event will feature works by Jan Bach, Tim Blickhan, Robert...

Chemical weapons

March 1, 1989

The Reagan outcry against a chemical factory in Libya was ballyhooed as a plan to produce chemical weapons. For our public via the media, former Secretary of State George Schultz publicized Libya's chemical factory, ignoring the existence of our own vast...

Offensive cartoon

March 1, 1989

We are writing to set a few things "straight." On Feb. 15, an editorial was written about the overcrowding at Cook County Jail and a misleading illustration by E. Dietz accompanied it. The illustration depicted many males sleeping in one bunk and one...

Ad was offensive

March 1, 1989

We were shocked to see that The Northern Star allowed "Beachin‘ Times," a Miller Beer insert, to be carried in its paper. There has been much concern over alcohol-related deaths of our students here at Northern. And there has likewise been concern over...

Provost Baker to speak with faculty group

March 1, 1989

NIU Provost Kendall Baker will update the Faculty Assembly on the equity of faculty salaries at the Assembly's meeting today. The meeting will begin at 3 p.m. in Holmes Student Center room 505. Baker is scheduled to speak at 4:30 p.m. University Council...