NIU's Student Association Academic Affairs committee should be applauded for its effors in finally publishing a teacher evaluations booklet. But NIU professors, hundreds of whom did not volunteer their students' evaluations for publication, should be...

Today the United Nations Security Council's sanctions go into effect and the threat of war in the Middle East is that much closer. However, the gap between those who are against U.S. military action and those who feel the United States has a duty to help...

The world must not be too quick in condemning Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev for this week's atrocities in Lithuania. The predawn military crackdown on the Baltic republic's TV and radio tower leaving as many as 13 people dead is horrendous....

If accusations are true, then Craig Murphy has blown what little chance he had of opening a legitimate business in the DeKalb area. Murphy has been trying since day one to get his business going and claims that it is on the up and up. But Sycamore police...

As I returned from the holiday break, I was greeted by a most sickening sight. As I walked around the Ease Lagoon, I came upon the stumps of what were once beautiful trees. I shook my head in utter disbelief that someone could have actually done this....

It's 1991 now and the world is changed. The world is different not only in the usual sense, as in the nightly news or Cher's new boyfriend - the way we speak to each other has changed. The words we use are new or they mean other things. Even the four-letter...

The purpose of the Issues pages in this paper is to allow for some insight for students that will make them think about what is going on around them. There is too much activity within the NIU/DeKalb community for one person to keep track of it all, so...

Hats off to NIU President John La Tourette and Vice President of Finance and Planning Eddie Williams for prudent fiscal planning. While other state universities are scrambling to find ways to offset Gov. Jim Edgar's proposal of a 3 percent cut, NIU had...

This is in response to the "Greedy Students" letter on Dec. 5. "For What It's Worth," Darlene Hass, your opinion is meaningless and exaggerated. I really think you should sit down and relax for a minute. Stop and think about what this Huskie Weekender...

The Christmas spirit is coming, but don't forget those in need. Now is the time of year when everyone rushes to buy their friends and relatives gifts that will make happy even the most impossible to satisfy. But with all the excitement of wrapping paper...

Being a student-run newspaper, The Northern Star management team is subject to change each semester. The following is a summary of the Spring 1991 managers: Beth Behland will retain her position as editor-in-chief, as will Managing Editor Greg Rivara....

In response to Thursday's article about the Marxist-Humanist Forum, is Bush a capitalist gangster or the leader of our country? I think all this peace and love is nice, but this is more than a "war of oil"; this is a statement for world peace. I spoke...