The Iraqi government recently asked the United States for a timetable for the pullout of U.S. forces from Iraq. President Bush has remained noncommittal on the subject, saying only that the U.S. will not immediately be pulling out of Iraq, which some...

The residence halls on campus can house more than 6,500 people according to NIU’s Web site. That is a huge amount of individuals to watch over and protect. A story in the Wednesday issue of the Northern Star about the accessibility of residence halls...

So now Sony has apologized for the rootkit fiasco involving its CDs, which the Northern Star wrote about last week. As if that makes everything OK. Apologies coming from giant corporations have to be taken with several thousand grains of salt. The fact...

It’s going to snow. Deal with it. You’re going to have to bust out those Uggs, the mittens, scarves and windshield scrapers. It’s almost December and this is Illinois. Nothing you do can stop weather. Not even a James Bond super-villain, who somehow...

The ability of college media content to remain independent and uncensored may once again be in jeopardy. A controversial 1988 Supreme Court decision that gave high school administrators and principals the ability to censor student newspapers may soon...

Major League Baseball is done taking baby steps. After instilling a wimpy steroid policy prior to the 2005 season, MLB drew some well-deserved criticism for not being tough enough on steroid users. A 10-day suspension for a first-time offender? Come on....

As the debate about intellectual property heated up, the Sony Corporation made a controversial decision to bundle an anti-piracy software program with some of its CDs, which caused many to cry foul. As states and consumer advocacy groups began to take...

Imagine if you were given the opportunity to come up with one column topic a week to research, critique and submit to the DeKalb public for their viewing pleasure. Just think, you could pick almost any issue in the world to discuss and you get to have...

Thanksgiving is only a few days away, meaning many students will flock home to spend time with family and friends and gorge themselves on turkey and stuffing. We’re hoping a good number of those students stick around long enough to see the NIU football...

Is this a way of building up our downtrodden schools and making repairs or is it a way simply of making DeKalb a place to live for more wealthy individuals? This is only one question that needs to be asked with regards to the 300-percent rise in impact...

The United States is guzzling oil faster than Tara Reid downs martinis. Now is the time to do something - not later. In Tuesday’s Northern Star the peak oil theory was explained. The theory, in essence, explains oil production along a bell curve and...

You could owe the government money. Wait, strike that. Reverse it. The government could owe you money. That’s right. And this isn’t one of those late-night television ads with a lunatic dressed like the Riddler bouncing around, waving a coffee table...