The DeKalb city council will vote Sept. 11 on whether or not to double the minimum liquor price at DeKalb bars. The change would most prominently affect Tuesday nights, with 50-cent draft nights possibly doubling to dollar beer nights. Additionally, the...

The weekend before classes has thankfully come and gone without any tragic events. However, this past weekend is only one of the entire semester where students may be consuming alcohol and faced with a particular decision on how they are getting home....

R eferring to the current conflict between Israel and Lebanon as the beginning of a global war is irresponsible. War is always a choice and a global conflict is not possible without the United States. We are mortified by the thought other countries looking...

In an interview with CNN's Larry King last week, President Bush defended himself as a President who supports a free press. When asked whether he thought another event on the scale of Sept. 11 could occur in the U.S. in the near future, Bush gravely said,...

For the first time since fiscal year 2001, the State of Illinois is finally able to increase its budget for higher education. It's about time. According to the Illinois Board of Higher Education, total state funding for higher education has declined 12.9...

The search for NIU's new provost has been in the works for over seven months, since current provost Ivan Legg announced his retirement on Sept. 23, 2005. Now that the search has been narrowed down to three finalists, NIU will soon have a new face added...

Rallies across the country Monday in support of immigrant rights sent a message to the American public: Take notice because this issue has many passionate people willing to take risks to spread their message. Workers risked losing their jobs by participating...

Friday's nationwide release of the film "United 93" — which chronicles the events of 9/11 — comes less than five years after the heinous attack in New York, not a moment too soon. An underlining outcry of "is this too early," has echoed through reviews,...

When NIU first redesigned the DuSable turnaround during the fall 2004 semester, all students did was complain. Heaven help us if we have to walk an extra 100 feet to the doors of DuSable instead of being dropped off right in front of them. With the drop...

The Star's editors for next fall cordially invite you to an open forum meeting tonight at 6:30 in the Stevenson North Multipurpose Room. There, readers like yourself will be invited to tell us what kind of things you'd like to see next fall. As NIU's...

As great as graduation for a college student is, it doesn't help maintain staff levels at NIU's 16,000-daily circulation student newspaper. This semester presents the Northern Star staff with a challenge because of a high turnover rate among its various...

It looks like we'll all have to get used to walking a lot more often. The price of gas has been raised yet again as the price of oil increased to a record-high $74 a barrel at one point Wednesday, according to Thursday's Northern Star article. Gas prices...