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Can Bush govern?

November 18, 1988

After months of electioneering, Campaign ‘88 belongs to the historians and political scientists. Questions of the relative negativeness will fill hundreds of pages while analysis of the vote count should keep the finger pointers in a state of bliss...

Etiquette for places to never fall asleep

November 18, 1988

Alas, winter is upon us once again. With freezing rain thundering upon our weary bodies and gail-force winds threatening to rip our lips off, it's getting harder and harder to slither off our cozy matresses and futons in the morning. In the literary world,...

Attitude appalling

November 18, 1988

I was appalled by the comments made by Marilyn Skinner concerning the demolition of Wirtz House. What do they teach in the Women's Studies program? She says that "women need their own place that has memories and traditions from the past," and they need...

JLS offers a lesson

November 18, 1988

I can't believe how much I learned by showing up to hear Chief Justice Rehnquist speak. To begin with I learned that the JLS does not know the difference between protesting and being disrespectful. I've seen many speakers whom they have supported, like...

Talk won’t aid parking mess

November 18, 1988

NIU's parking committee members started to talk sense at their meeting Thursday when they considered allowing more space for students to park. Most undergraduates are paying more than four times what they paid to park last year—about $30 compared to...

Reinstate Palmer

November 18, 1988

I find it necessary to formally go on record as to the recent decision not to renew Martha Palmer's employment contract with NIU's Office of Special Projects in the CHANCE program. As the case stands with Tito Veneza, the decision, from my own ideological...

Taylor looks to try on Cubs helmet

By Chris Sigley | November 17, 1988

From the "Wishbone Wizard" to the "Second Base Sorcerer"? While the NIU football season came to a close last Saturday, Huskie Wishbone quarterback Marshall Taylor is still taking hits...in the batting cage, that is. Taylor, who has interested scouts from...

Teachers of deaf attend workshop

By Michelle D. Isaacson | November 17, 1988

NIU's Institute on Deafness, which offers long-term, in-service training to persons who serve the hearing impaired, is being funded by a grant from the Rehabilitation Services Administration. Project Director Sue Ouellette said funding for the institute...

Body Politic participant to perform on campus

November 17, 1988

James O'Reilly, an actor and director with the Body Politic, a Chicago theater, will perform on Dec. 4 in NIU's Stevens Building. Marketing Director Alan Bernstein said, "O'Reilly is an orator, actor, director and theater manager. He's a renaissance man."...

Picture unrelated

November 17, 1988

On Oct. 27 a story ran on page three concerning the increase in the number of students who have been caught cheating in classes. A photograph of a classroom with that story with the cutline reading "Students from all academic levels with different grade...

Committee to discuss parking lot‘ futures

November 17, 1988

The Campus Parking Committee, an advisory committee to William Harder, vice president for business and operations, will meet today to continue discussions about the usage of lot 20, located east of the Chick Evans Field House, and lot 38, located east...

Refugee to speak of Guatemala’s troubles

By Diane Buerger | November 17, 1988

Augusto Javier, a Guatemalan refugee who has received legal asylum in the United States, will speak about the troubles of his country at the DeKalb Area Interfaith Network for Peace and Justice meeting Sunday. Guatemala, a Central American country, is...

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