Students interested in volunteering to help senior citizens can learn more from the DeKalb County Nursing Home, 2331 Sycamore Road. A volunteer orientation will be held Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. The orientation will introduce volunteers to the center and present...

Student Association Academics Adviser Colleen Halliman has a big job to tackle, maybe too big. Halliman is continuing with plans to start a mandatory cultural pluralism class. This type of class is a needed one at all universities, and should be mandatory...

Two pedestrian accidents in 1989 are the reason behind NIU and the city of DeKalb spending between $70 and $80,000. NIU and the city have delved into a joint venture to curb pedestrian traffic along Normal Road. A major reason for the venture being twn...

There is a simple solution to the GLU and ROTC issue. The solution is to get rid of the NIU constitution. Last semester the NIU admissions office closed admissions for this semester to all white students of non-exceptional academic ability. The admissions...

In response to the letter to the editor in the Sept. 12 edition of The Northern Star entitled "Victims of the Press," we see no reason for the author's distress concerning the treatment of the three Omega Psi Phi members and their NIU-sponsored roadtrip....

I just transferred here this year from a community college and I am a pre-communications major. You printed an article about the Communications department's limited space availability. One section of the article states: "Undergraduate Communication Studies...

The Boy Scouts of America are better off without Chicagoans Ray Baker and Deneen Robinson. Baker and Robinson were fired this week for refusing to join a mandatory training program because they believe it has racist elements. One element is a wooden-bead...

Students are willing to take on the financial problems of the state and pay any price for their college education. That's the message we gave to a tuition study panel of legislators, educators and other students on Wednesday when only five people attended...

I am writing in response to "Victims of the Press" written by Alfred Tatum. He insinuated the members of Omega Psi Phi were victimized and exploited by The Northern Star because they are African-Americans. He also stated that the original article had...

Second-string Huskie quarterback Robert Rugai was arrested Sunday by DeKalb Police and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and accepting alcohol as a minor. Police said they stopped Rugai, 20, on Lincoln Highway near Annie Glidden Road...

Alfred Tatum obviously has no clue as to how important an informed public is here at Northern. Beth Behland did an excellent job of investigative reporting in her series of articles on the Omega Psi Phi credit abuse scam. Mr. Tatum's Sept. 12 editorial...