Illinois taxpayers will have their rights and responsibilities as taxpayers outlined in a new state law. The law, which created the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, not only outlines the rights of taxpayers, but helps them resolve disputes with the Illinois...

The definition of an abyss is a bottomless gulf or chasm in the earth - one that is too deep for measurement. The creators of the movie "The Abyss" sure dug their own bottomless hole when they tried to combine a thousand different elements into one story....

Controversy has surrounded the Board of Regents' chancellor's position since its creation in 1984, when William Monat was named for the job. Previously, the board was headed by an executive director, Franklin Matsler, who served for 16 years in the board's...

The nights of September 8 and 9 will be hopping at the O'Connell Theatre as the Northern Illinois Stage Company production of "Noises Off" returns for two encore performances. The original play was written by Michael Frayn in the early 1980's, was first...

Susan is an NIU sophomore and has no idea what she wants to do with the rest of her life. She filled in "pre-business" on all documents, but now finds herself dangerously close to failing her tool courses. She glumly estimates she will graduate a year...

The Student Association does not have enough names on their election ballot to fill the available seats. Only 35 people turned in petitions for the 45-seat senate by Wednesday's 4:30 p.m. deadline. Candidates had to collect 200 in-district student signatures...

Retail licenses will be revoked if taverns do not obey the recently signed legislation prohibiting happy hours in Illinois. "The governor's action recognizes that happy hours and other drink promotions encourage people to drink too much alcohol, too fast,...

DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow is accepting resumes for the position of 7th Ward alderman, a job vacated Aug. 10 by Mark J. Powell. Sparrow is in the process of selecting candidates for the position, which can be held by a student, to present to the DeKalb...

What ever happened to the classic love story? Nowadays it seems that a love story isn't complete if there isn't a torrid love affair, murder, drugs, bizarre, kinky sex scenes or any combination of the above. Good, old fashioned true love with a twist...

The University Council passed a resolution Wednesday showing NIU's opposition to proposed Board of Regents policy changes by asking the Regents to delay action. The four points of the resolution include recommendations made by the Joint University Advisory...

Just when you thought all of the rock ‘n' rollers from the ‘60s had traded in their amplifiers for rocking chairs—just when you thought the last of the "anniversary_but_no_new_album" tours were finished—just when you hoped no one over 45 would...

Editor's note. The following letter was presented to the Students' Legal Assistance Office in order to be printed in The Northern Star. This letter is relevant to the From the Bar column below. In response to a recent complaint filed with the U.S. Department...