Malekind will be free. But only if we unite. America and the world have been bludgeoned with the myth of social injustice to women, yet the imprisonment of men has been left to hang dead right over our heads. But one day, Man will snap, and the revolution...

We would like to dispel a terrible myth that NIU does not show concern for its students. We have been the recipient of infinite amounts of empathetic caring on the part of the warm-hearted administration. The recent oversight of electrical power at Grant...

In the August 28 issue of The Northern Star Linda Warchal addressed the important issue of litter and the lack of cleanliness on our university's campus. I agree with Linda and her "give a hoot, don't pollute" slogan. But Linda overlooked the equally...

The Illinois legislature must feel insecure about itself if it feels the need to tell NIU to shut up and do it the state's way. This was the attitude taken when the Illinois General Assembly passed a bill over the summer telling Illinois universities...

With all the classes and services getting the ax these days, it angers me to see something very feeble-minded overlooked. NIU is the only state school I know of that requires its students to complete 124 hours of study, while others, such as SIU and the...

An ounce of prevention may be the best cure, but DeKalb officials who are trying to stop gangs from polluting the city need to do more listening than talking. Local cops and school heads are planning seminars and meetings in an effort to educate local...

While Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas' supporters want to portray him as a "self-made man," his opponents point out that he was admitted to Yale Law School under an affirmative action program. Obviously this is thought to be an embarrassment for...

Health Enhancement Services Dysfunctional families, co-dependents, adult children of alcoholics—these seem to have become buzz words in the explosion of pop psychology books. According to some articles everyone is addicted. If they are not addicted...

In recent issues of area newspapers I have noticed clip out notes addressed to Mr. Robert Hutcheson, chairman of the DeKalb County Board, which in so many words, criticize "constantly rising property taxes." Whether one agrees with this sentiment or not,...

found the editorial in the July 25 issue to be very confusing and naive. President John La Tourette officially asked new students to come here in the fall. Further, some incoming graduate students are not going to receive their assistantships as promised....

I was sitting at the Star writing this, when I heard a knock at the door. It looked like a humble Jehovah's Witness, but it turned out to be an evil robot double of me, sent to conquer earth! I tried to run, but I had seen all the ‘Friday the 13th'...

In his Friday (Aug. 30) column about "male liberation", Darrell Hassler states that "America and the world have been bludgeoned with the myth of social injustice to women." Hassler does not argue just how the oppression of women is mere myth because,...