From numerous news sources we are reading that many of our institutions of higher learning are seeking to press upon the students as Truth their own beliefs or the school's prevailing search for Truth. We further read that such institutions are actually...

Since I first advocated (at the beginning of April) putting up green ribbons to signify the absolute right of our destitute homeless to basic shelter (green, for the Robin Hood ethic: take from the rich and give to the poor), I've had various reactions...

Each year about this time White Sox fans go through their annual "whine-fest" in order to justify their team to any Cubs fan who happens to be within shouting distance. It really isn't important who has the best batting average, the best catcher, etc.,...

On behalf of the higher education community, I want to thank Gov. Jim Edgar and members of the General Assembly for making permanent the income tax surcharge for education. In a year of many complicated decisions and difficult cuts in the Illinois state...

First off: whoever missed the Busker Soundcheck nooner show Tuesday should write themselves a note to make sure to see them the next time they come into town, because they're a damn good band. Now on to our regularly scheduled column. This past weekend...

The Boston Globe BOSTON—What must Justice Marshall think as he sits, stewing, over the nomination of Clarence Thomas: That if you live long enough, the last sense you need is a keen sense of irony. How ironic to spend a lifetime opening doors for American...

As an editor, I have felt justified in retaining gender-exclusive language if I knew that an intended audience would be conservative. Two recent incidents have made me re-examine the issue. After seeing the Woody Allen movie, Alice, one of my movie companions...

Excessive amounts of Radium 226 and Radium 228 are in seven of nine wells of the DeKalb drinking water system. The Federal standard for Radium 226 and Radium 228 combined is 5.0 picocuries per liter. The radium readings for DeKalb's wells range from 5.5...

Congress is considering legislation which would require a one-week waiting period for individuals who desire to purchase a gun. This legislation abridges a constitutionally guaranteed civil right, and ignores more effective alternatives. The emphasis...

Editor's note: Eric Dietz has never written a column and Beth Behland has never drawn a cartoon, so for the last newspaper of the semester, they decided to switch. There's a cover-up going on in this great nation of ours, an information cover-up. We're...

The English Department's chairman, J.I. Miller, is a most agreeable person with whom to have disagreement—a real gentleman. He's someone I've known for a number of years and have come to regard with some great esteem. That doesn't mean he's not a formidable...

Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell doesn't seem to know where his priorities are. O'Dell, who's made time to look for a new NIU men's basketball coach, has overlooked the real reason an athletic department should exist—for the students. Students pay the...