This letter is written regarding comments from those concerned with the new minimum wage law which will have an impact on student workers who have been employed at NIU for a year or longer. The concern is that new employees will be making the same wages...

The Student Association senate and the rest of the student body are getting their chains pulled. At the last SA meeting, Student Regent Jim Mertes alerted the senate to money the Board of Regents is "holding" amounting to about $5.9 million. Mertes then...

Upon walking to Eco-Park Sunday morning to prepare sites for tree-planting, members of the Committee for the Preservation of Wildlife were saddened at the display of abuse of the West Lagoon (Larusso Lagoon). The remnants of previous recreation abounded....

The DeKalb City Council has found another excuse to delay the tattoo parlor. Added to the excuse that the parlor would take DeKalb into the pits of oblivion, the council has added health risks to the formula. Instead of discussing the ordinance banning...

Well Northern Star, you've finally done it. I have seen some typing mistakes in my life, but you really take the taco. First, the articles about the new statue for the King Memorial Commons; what is it called, "Balance of Equity" or "Balance of Equality"?...

There are many things that happen on campus that I do not agree with, but the recent approval of "Balance of Equality" as the design for the statue that will grace the King Memorial Commons really takes the cake. If one wonders why apathy reigns on campus,...

A hearty thanks should go out to all those who helped the victims of the fire at the DeKalb Center last week. When members of a community can work together when they see a need, it shows people actually care about where they live and who they live with....

Guest Column As a member of both the DeKalb and NIU communities I note, with sadness, the following: 1. Recent Student Association senate elections show that it is possible to win with as few as a dozen votes. Write-in candidates have won with less. Is...

Well I guess I am a "narrow-minded individual" who makes "moronic comments" about a "so misunderstood event." Then again maybe I am not. As a Christian (someone who tries to reflect God's word in their everyday life and decision making) I do worry about...

I want to publicly thank Greg Rivara for his excellent column of April 3. Not often on this campus do you hear it asserted that there are limits to what any community, whether that community be a town or a university, can impose on individual members...

I've seen many letters to the Star that have made my blood boil, but Wednesday's letter by Arthur Shimkus, the siddah yoga, really blew the lid! I've been homeless three times in the last seven years totalling about seven months. I've slept at Public...

Area residents should take advantage of Saturday's visit by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. The IEPA will trek to DeKalb to collect hazardous household products. It will set up shop at the DeKalb County Highway Department, 2910 Barber Greene...