The Police frontman Sting once sang he'd watch every move you made. And though the dark song about an obsessive lover has little relevance to Chicago industries, segueing to information about the Chicago police potentially having to enforce business owners...

In a country with more than 2.95 million people milling about, we're bound to bump into each other at some point. Sometimes the effects are loud and a bit too devastating, but raising the state's driving age from 16 to 18 is still an idea borne of bureaucracy...

With its confusing sub-levels and multiple stairwells, navigating your way through the Holmes Student Center can make you wish you had a compass. So the administration's decision to renovate the structure is a good move that will not only ease its maze-like...

President Bush had his work cut out for him before Tuesday's State of the Union address, considering the sharp political divide throughout the nation. This divide is most apparent in the president's recent approval ratings. According to a January 2006...

In the Oct. 4, 2005 Northern Star, Bob Albanese, associate vice president of Finance and Facilities said, "We don't want any of our students, faculty or staff to be in an environment that's unhealthy. That's always our No. 1 priority: health and safety."...

Oh, make sure and remember to dance with the one who brought you. It's a cliched saying better reserved for sports broadcasters and old Motown b-sides. But every once in a while, it's just the best phrase to use. This is one of those times. Before his...

Want proof evolution doesn't exist' Nevermind all the monkey-to-man science backing it up or creation stories disputing it. The real proof can be found on the streets we walk every day. Racism, more than 40 years after the country pushed through landmark...

Society has come a long way from relying on a duel to defend family honor. Gone are the days of a quick glove to the face and clash between opponents; one out to avenge a wronged kin, the other to solidify seniority. Today issues are settled rarely by...

As most of us struggle to lose our holiday weight, Chicagoans have been grappling with a way to shed the city’s unwanted title as fattest in the nation. City officials would do well to look to the United Kingdom as an example. The British Heart Foundation...

Student loans are the life blood of many college students. Tuition is skyrocketing yearly and cost of living expenses suck students’ bank accounts dry, often before mid-terms. Which is why the federal government’s plan to cut student loan funding...

Bob Dylan wrote, "the times, they are a-changin’." Though his matter-of-fact observation has become an iconic statement for the passing of any era, the Brady Bunch’s ode to metamorphosis offers a greater embrace for the inevitability of growth  -...