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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

At NIU, it pays to hire minorities

September 26, 1988

The hunt has begun. NIU officials have offered a bounty for the capture of the quarry with hopes that soon the huntsmen will be out hot in the pursuit of...minorities. The latest step made by President John LaTourette in the university's affirmative action...

Noisy neighbors

September 23, 1988

The letter from Bruce M. Foiles entitled, "Citizen's Complaint," Sept. 16 struck a chord with me. I, too, have been bothered by the noise pollution around here. Three weeks ago one of my neighbors decided to throw a party on Thursday night. And he decided...

Lighten up for a while, NIU deserves a break

September 23, 1988

I don't get it. Human nature never ceases to baffle me. The NIU Huskies have finally made a major breakthrough, winning against a Big Ten school for the first time in this university's history, and some people have already been complaining that the victory...

Students pay for SA’s mistake

September 23, 1988

The Student Association's handling of the loss of two megaphones checked out for use in the spring's Day of Action can be called careless at best. The megaphones, valued at $290, disappeared after the event, and now nobody seems to know who is to blame...

Impressive artwork

September 23, 1988

Thanks so much for explaining the new art work outside Adams Hall. I have been wondering what exactly that thing was supposed to be. You see, I was sure that it was an unfinished dog house or perhaps some wood for a dorm loft. Of course I was unaware...

Hats off to Huskies

September 22, 1988

Hats off to the 1988 NIU football team! They made history last Saturday in defeating UWM in Madison. When I first came to DeKalb in 1977, nobody believed NIU would ever be capable of beating a big 10 football team. Progress may have been slow, but we...

Police investigate assault

September 22, 1988

DeKalb Police are investigating a sexual assault that occured early Wednesday on the northwest side of DeKalb. DeKalb Police Sgt. Charles Kross said there are suspects in the case but declined to comment any further on the investigation or say whether...

Black greek apathy

September 22, 1988

Words can not describe the feelings that are left with me in response to the actions taken by the NIU black greeks. Thursday, Sept. 15, a rally was set in the commons, the addendum was the recent tuition hike talks, the firing of Martha Palmer, and the...

Harassment trial set to continue

September 22, 1988

Testimony in the bench trial of a man accused of harassing NIU Judicial Office Director Larry Bolles by telephone is scheduled to continue Friday at 1:30 p.m. Robert Morley, 49, 925 Susan Court, was charged with harassment by telephone, a Class B misdemeanor,...

Can’t wait for Sunday’s big presidential debate

September 22, 1988

Last week I lamented the media's poor coverage of the Olympic games and the overkill of such mundane subjects as politics, but I've got to slightly renege on my complaint this week. Forget Greg Louganis, Seoul and the shotput...just for a while. The biggest...

Paper in poor taste

September 21, 1988

We recently made the sad mistake of reading a copy of the three sheet newspaper "They said it couldn't be done", published by the Freak Power Caucus (FPC) and hand distributed in the Martin Luther King Commons on Sept. 12. We have never read a more pathetic...

Gun-control lobbyists fall short

September 21, 1988

Try as you might, you can't legislate against idiocy and other mental deficiencies. But that's just what the gun-control lobbyists recently tried to do when they pushed for a mandatory nationwide one week waiting period between the time a firearm is purchased...