The debate on whether NIU officials can change budgets approved by the Student Association took a step closer to becoming resolved. It's about time. According to a proposal formed by a committee of five student leaders and four administrators, NIU can't...

If a certain Illinois senator has her way, the controversy about ROTC and homosexual discrimination that NIU thought it had shelved last year will burst out again, worse than ever. Sen. Judy Topinka, R-North Riverside, is trying to pass a bill forbidding...

For most students, the next two weeks will be fairly tough—final exams and for some, graduation and the real world. For Student Association President-elect Preston Came, the next few weeks will be especially tough. Came, who as president must appoint...

Why is the NIU administration afraid to allow a large realistic statue of Martin Luther King Jr. to preside over the center of campus? Is the idea of the presence of a larger-than-life likeness of a great black man who stood for freedom too much for them...

I would like to thank the men of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., BROTHERS, CAB, Delta Sigma Theta, Sigma Gamma Rho, Zeta Phi Beta, Black Interhall Council, Black Student Union, SHAC, SISTERS and all other student organizations for finally joining forces...

Being a freshman this year, I expected the university paper to be just like my high school paper—unprofessional and boring. I was happily surprised to find professional and interesting articles appearing in The Northern Star. Happy, that is, until I...

The NIU administration's "unity of obscurity" statue of King is a crime of invisibility committed against the memory of King and the people who made the civil rights movement. They are wiping the face off of the civil rights movement just as Reagan and...

The top ten things the Martin Luther King Jr. monument really looks like: 10. A bird bath 9. A waterfall (only after it rains) 8. Three Mile Island after the meltdown 7. Biggest campus garbage can 6. Hourglass (as though you didn't know) 5. Olympic torch...

Like any great movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey bears repeated viewing because it is complex enough to contain meanings that are not readily apparent. After first being dazzled by the special effects, most people are usually left with the problem of the plot,...

On April 21, the pledges of Sigma Lambda Sigma held a walkathon to clean up the campus. The money that was raised for this event was donated to a worthwhile organization, Safe Passage. As a fellow Sig Lamb, I wanted to take the time to recognize them...

By all means let any English professors who object to 103 students learning gender-fair English come forward! Surely public outrage over this censorship of gender-unfair English will protect such courageous souls from "administrative backlash." And if...