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'll admit Jim Tubridy tried really hard to get Sox fans all riled up, but in the end I couldn't help laughing myself sick over his lame column. Perhaps he tried too hard. Here are my Top Ten reasons why Sox fans shouldn't get all worked up over Tubridy's...

One of the sure signs of spring at NIU is the annual "don't feed the ducks" letter ostensibly written by a biology student, but most likely ghost-written from the same cornball professor in that department who annually promotes this futile campaign. Typical...

The Boston Globe BOSTON—The day after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, I started collecting a list of stories and editorials that included the phrase, "If we can put a man on the moon, we can ... ." The list grew to monstrous proportions, including...

Trying to delicately talk about NIU's harassment policy is impossible. Dancing around the subject is only confusing and usually leads to more problems. Then again, there are a lot of problems when talking about the Constitution and freedom of expression....

I was appalled by Beth Behland's insinuation that a "Christian" would advocate the cold-blooded killing of a homosexual. There may be some Christians who have an inadequate understanding of God's love and justice which would lead them to post such an...

Editor's Note: The following column by Clarence Page appeared in the Sunday Chicago Tribune and is reprinted with permission of Tribune Media Services. Page, a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist, will appear on campus Friday to receive NIU Journalism Department's...

I agree wholeheartedly with Mr. Kaminski, whose letter was printed in the Monday issue of the Star. Freedom and equality may be abstractions, but symbolic representations of these concepts should not be abstract in a public display. People will not look...

Uh-oh. Former President Richard Nixon wants Saddam Hussein out of Iraq ... by any means possible. "If I could find a way to get him out of there, even putting a contract out on him, ... I would be for it," Nixon said on 60 Minutes Sunday night. Of course,...

I'm writing in response to the editorial given on April 11. As a Christian, I would like to agree with the column written about these "religious-fanatic wanna-bes" as the article names them, who go around condemning all who stray from the teaching of...

As graduation grows closer and closer, I look forward to it more and more. Not because I can't wait to start the rest of my life, but because I can't wait to get away from this school. Many things about this school upset me these days, but the one item...

Students might win the argument but lose the battle if they don't fight some DeKalb leader's suggestions to create two at-large alderman. DeKalb will have to redraw the ward maps soon to accommodate the 1990 census and the hottest idea around is to have...