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The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Guest Column

September 12, 1988

When Republican presidential candidate George Bush announced last month that his running mate would be Indiana Senator James Danforth Quayle, a funny thing happened in the press. Somersaults. Somersaults on the part of print and broadcast journalists...

Leak closes Pow Wow

September 12, 1988

A damaged pipe located in the Holmes Student Center will cause the Pow Wow Room, located on the first floor, to be closed for part of the day. The pipe, which transports kitchen sewage away from the Pow Wow Room, caused an undetermined amount of damage...

Claims unfounded

September 12, 1988

It has been an interseting past few months in the Educational Services and Programs office (yes, where the CHANCE program is located.) With unfounded and ludicrous accusations flying, I feel there is a need for a voice to be heard other than that of Martha...

NIU Provost cites 20 percent error in drug tests

By Jeneva Garrett | September 12, 1988

Opponents in the controversy regarding new requirements for prison instructors to take urine tests for drug use detection cannot agree on the accuracy of the tests. While research done by an independent prison watchdog group indicates a five percent minimum...

Open mind, experience can change stereotypes

September 12, 1988

Once upon a time a little white boy stood on the corner of Michigan and Congress. This was quite a big deal since it was the boy's first trip to the big city. Tall buildings, busy streets, fancy cars and, most of all, black people. Big, ugly, scary black...

Welcome belittling

September 9, 1988

As I read Gretchyn Lenger's Sept. 2 Column, "Listen up freshmen...this column's for you," I couldn't stop thinking about those freshmen who paused over a cup of coffee to hastily read the column, addressed to them, before rushing off to their two jobs,...

Assistants merit equal parking

September 9, 1988

Once again criticisms surrounding the assignment of available parking permits have been brought to the attention of university parking committee members for debate. Even with the creation of 1,091 additional parking spots by the ad hoc parking committee,...

Officials justified by policy

September 9, 1988

NIU Legal Counsel George Shur said Thursday that CHANCE program officials are under no obligation by university policy to disclose reasons behind the firing of Martha Palmer. "The university has a general policy of confidentiality for personnel transactions...

Class offers help

September 9, 1988

DeKalb County Hospice will offer a Bereavement Care Orientation class starting Sept. 22. The program will be held on 6 consecutive Thursday evenings, beginning Thursday, Sept. 22 through Oct. 27, 6:30_9:30 p.m. at the Sandwich Community Hospital, 11 E....

Students should vote for a better eduation

September 9, 1988

This summer, I involuntarily became part of a very brief social survey of the American educational system that was, to put it mildly, a humbling experience. I was sitting in an English pub, sipping my cider, minding my own business when an Englishman—an...

Freshman insulted

September 9, 1988

This is in response to Gretchyn Lenger's infamous column, "Listen up freshmen...this column is for you." I don't know what year in college you're in, but I can tell you, you write as a high school sophomore would. You see, high school sophomores seem...

MUSH! changes name; more serious approach

September 9, 1988

Jill Stocker MUSH!, a progressive alternative newspaper that published only once at NIU last year, will start over this semester with a fresh approach and a new name. The paper, which will be called "The Public Address System," will have a more serious...

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