Banquet times at NIU means some of the less-known award presentations are here. If you're a newcomer to NIU, or at least to Wednesdays, this is the time where some of the not-so-well-known award-winners have their Andy Warholian spotlight. But remember,...

I'm writing about Robert and Lois Self's decision to have freshmen English students write gender neutral. As a freshman myself, I have a direct interest in the matter, so I feel I must say my peace. First, in regard to June Paul's letter, she says, "I...

The DeKalb City Council relayed an embarrassing message Monday night when it banned tattooing in the city without any valid reasons to back up this ludicrous decision. After granting Craig Murphy a permit to open a tattoo parlor on Lincoln Highway, the...

I am writing in response to Beth Behland's article on "genderless gibberish". I guess I must express my remorse at reading an opinion such as Beth's. It is sad to know that so many women take their rights for granted—they weren't given away out of the...

No. Governor Edgar must be wrong. How dare he cut funds for education when our basketball coach, who makes $69,000, is underpaid. After two years of NIU service, the coach only makes twice that of an assistant professor. I'm embarrassed. Hey, doesn't...

This letter is written in response to the statements made in Paul Kirk's article, "Unbiased Language Creates Controversy" which appeared in the April 17 edition of The Northern Star. In particular, the purpose of this letter is to question whether or...

It has become obvious in the past few weeks that the Martin Luther King sculpture is far from popular. Some art majors are criticizing us for not seeing what they see (sorry guys—not everyone is as infatuated with the interpretive use of brick as you...

Martha Schofield, an English major, has shared some of her ideas on theology by quoting selected Old Testament laws, which she perceives as absurd. The book she is quoting, Leviticus, is accepted as sacred by Christians, Jews and Moslems. The three major...

Ronald Reagan, who seems to be startling everyone lately after his support for the Brady gun control bill, recently revealed he visited Germany's Bitburg cemetery to honor SS troops who actually helped the Jews during the Holocaust. He admits proof for...

Sometimes risks are worth taking—especially when issues of censorship or administrative strong-arming are involved. But apparently professors in the English department aren't willing to take that chance. Some professors have put the word out that they...

I'm replying to Joseph Shapera's letter in The Northern Star, which was responding to my April 12 letter. I'm sorry you missed the point. Mr. Shapera I do not decry "the same theme ... in the name of Christ" that "Nazism, Stalinism and the Islamic Holy...

Beth Behland's column in the April 18 issue of The Northern Star is the best evidence I've seen for the necessity of a Women's Studies program at NIU. That a young woman could be so totally ignorant of her own heritage as a woman is really sad. To hear...