Sam Kinison. It's nothing personal; I just never can seem to generate any measurable respect for a walking beer keg that wears a rasta hat and acts like Super Grover on peyote buttons. Well, no matter what I think of him, he has a new comedy album out...

Could you imagine Ward Cleaver using a blow dryer to brush away the Beaver's tears? How about Bobby Brady using a secret spy camera to take pictures of Dad with an exotic dancer at a bachelor party? Or Mr. French walking around the apartment in his underwear...

NIU is not criticizing the University of Illinois. A Chicago Tribune article Wednesday stated NIU is criticizing U of I for attempting to dominate a high-tech campus project in DuPage County. But NIU President John La Tourette said NIU is working in collaboration...

A film producer and director gave a presentation about AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases Tuesday. About 60 students came to see Suzi Landolphi's humorous approach to discussing AIDS and STDs. "For some of you, this will be your first and last sexual...

Although the Student Association does not need University Council approval to collect and publish voluntary teacher evaluations, it approached the council for its endorsement Wednesday. Council Executive Secretary J. Carroll Moody said because faculty...

LISLE—Two state university officials debated the next steps to be taken for a DuPage County multi-university Wednesday. Edwin Stueben, Illinois Institute of Technology West vice president, and the University of Illinois at Chicago's Irving Miller were...

Poetry is Lucien Stryk's escape from the everyday. Stryk, an English professor at NIU, does more than just teach creative writing and poetry classes; he is a renowned poet who translates and also writes his own poetry. His latest book of poetry, "Of Pen...

The Student Association Academic Affairs Committee is beginning a pre-test to decide how to administer teacher evaluations. "The pre-test is a way of smoothing out the details before it goes to a larger scale," said SA Academic Affairs Adviser Willie...

Mudslinging. Student Association presidential hopefuls John Fallon and Rob McCormack are embroiled in a rumor war during the last day of executive office elections. McCormack told The Northern Star that rumors about cutting funding to the Panhellenic...

NIU professors are up in arms after being called lazy and overpaid in a report given to the Illinois Board of Higher Education. "Improving Quality, Cost Effectiveness and Accountability in the 1990s," a report made by 23 Illinois leaders, claims faculty...

Professor Griff is back and not with Public Enemy, but just as hardcore with his new group "The Last Asiatic Disciples." For those of you who don't know Griff, he used to be with the group Public Enemy as their Minister of Information. During the summer...

NIU women's basketball standouts Tammy Hinchee and Carol Owens added selection to the United States basketball Writers Association District Four team to their list of accomplishments for the 1989-90 season. Hinchee, a 6-foot-2 senior forward, and Owens,...