Although NIU has spent money in worse ways (the desperately unnecessary Convocation Center, for example), renovating the Chick Evans Field House is yet another decision that works out better for students on paper than it does in practice. The purpose...

Monday’s front-page story in the Northern Star about parking should have had a different headline: “No parking anywhere, anytime, anymore.” If you haven’t noticed, there have been big changes to parking on campus, including the removal of 152...

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Caller ID does not infringe upon a caller's right to privacy. Instead it gives the call recipient a chance to preserve a right to privacy in his own home. The proposed program is sponsored by Illinois Bell and would cost a subscriber $6.50 per month,...