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Day of Action part of a bigger picture

October 20, 1987

Today is the day student leaders from all over the state have been waiting for. The Day of Action. Anyone reading this should be reading it from NIU's Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commons—not from the safe, warm, neutral confines of home or classroom....

Willing to debate

October 20, 1987

In response to College Republican President Gary Yambor, I must voice amazement at his charges. Let's analyze them: . Liberals won't debate the CRs. Gary where have you been for the last year? Consistently since the Republicans brought contra Jorge Rosales...

Alcohol & drugs simply don’t mix

October 20, 1987

For nine of the last ten years, the leading cause of drug induced deaths in the U.S. has been alcohol combined with other drugs (1985 DEA Statistical Report). Alcohol is involved in more than half of all suicides. However, most alcohol/drug deaths are...

NIU picked ‘great’ time to start repairing a roof

October 20, 1987

Most people who have classes in DuSable Hall this semester have probably been distracted by the noise there lately—especially if they have class on the fourth floor. It seems the university has decided the roof on that lovely red building is in need...

Blocking highway designed to address the state as a whole

October 20, 1987

Today is the Day of Action. As part of the Day of Action, there is currently a plan to block Lincoln Hwy. You may have read about it. Last Friday, a Northern Star editorial called this plan "futile." On Monday, Mike Solley referred to such action as "rash."...

Hidden concerns

October 20, 1987

It is clear that the nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court has been foiled, regardless of whether it was because of heightened public awareness of his policies or because of the "lynch mob" of Reagan's rhetoric. owever, the administration's insistence...

Gogola gets court supervision

October 19, 1987

Peter J. Gogola, 23, a legally blind NIU student charged with possession of a firearm without a firearm owner's identification card, was found guilty and given one year of court supervision by Judge Rex Meilinger. The misdemeanor charge stemmed from a...

Officials bartend, push non-alcoholic drinking

By Christine Boike | October 19, 1987

Jon Dalton, vice president for student affairs, and DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow will be pouring non-alcoholic beverages for NIU students on Wednesday to promote National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week. "We do acknowledge that alcohol use is an issue...

Martial law plan

October 18, 1987

The White House habitually claims it "stops communism" when it invades another small nation, and, in exchange, a plan for imposing fascism in our nation may have evolved. Congressman Jack Brooks, D-Texas, asked at the Contragate hearing, but was silenced...

The wrong target

October 18, 1987

The students and legislators of Illinois have a legitimate complaint about the difficulty in a classroom run by an instructor speaking poor English but their legislative relief is aimed at the wrong target. The real culprit is the ever-worsening practice...

NIU invites racism

October 18, 1987

Constantly we students are reminded that there is a racism problem at NIU. There have been various accounts to support this propaganda. We've read of a magazine against black students that was passed around Greek Row, and other racist problems. There...

Registration tables belong in ballroom

October 18, 1987

NIU student Regent Nick Valadez has proposed making voter registration part of class registration procedures in the Holmes Student Center Ballroom. Before anyone says, "But I'm already registered to vote at home," be honest about this. It's unlikely there...