Adults, not the government, must screen music available to children. 2 Live Crew was justified when they were acquitted of obscenity charges in Florida last week. The rap group performed cuts from its highly controversial album, "As Nasty As They Wanna...
Chicago attorney Leona Green will be a visiting professor at NIU's College of Law during the 1991 spring semester. Green was a superintendent of employment in the Chicago Park District's personnel department. She also was a senior attorney for labor relations...
Voters should re-elect Republican Tim Bagby to the DeKalb County Board's 7th District. Bagby gets the nod over Democratic challenger Thomas Elkins. Although both are qualifed for the position, there is no clear cut reason why Bagby should be ousted. Bagby,...
In response to Greg Rivara's column and David Lance's letter which both appeared in Wednesday's The Northern Star, I would like to offer my observations. I was one of the 6,631 people who did attend the football game against Arkansas State last Saturday....
For the first time in a long time NIU has something to be proud of, and that is a winning football program. But where was the student body at the NIU vs. Arkansas State game? There were not as many people there as I had anticipated. That was a good game...
Nobody was injured when a cat triggered an apartment fire Saturday. The DeKalb Fire Department responded to a fire at University Village Apartments, 630 Annie Glidden Road at 8:43 a.m., and had it under control in about 15 minutes. The fire started in...
With Saturday's 426-yard team rushing effort against Murray State, the Huskies find themselves unofficialy atop the NCAA's team-rushing rankings. NIU, pending the release of official statistics from the NCAA, leads the country with 2,929 yards in eight...
Four NIU supportive professional staff members have received faculty development awards totaling $3,000. The staff members are Deborah Booth, a coordinator in external programming; Sara Susamo, University Health Services medical staff chief; Marybeth...
Paperbacks and hardbacks, fiction and non-fiction, autographed books of all sorts for children of all ages will be for sale at the Children's Authors Festival and Book Sale. The festival, set for Nov. 3, is a chance for adults and children to buy books...
NIU political science Professor Lettie Wenner said she believes the judicial branch of the U.S. government is as much influenced by politics as the legislative and executive branches. A specialist on courts and environmental policy issues, Wenner has...
As I was reading my theater book I came across a quote I believe made a terrific definition of the purpose of art. "The spectacle of life fascinates. Caught in the turmoil of affairs we do not see it clearly for our eyes are fixed on other things, our...
