I feel I must respond to Wednesday's letter by Alfred Tatum which berated the Star for printing an article concerning the credit abuses by a set of fraternity men. I fail to see how these men were "victimized" by this article; they allegedly stole from...

Cracks appeared Tuesday in the U.N. trade embargo against Iraq as Saddam Hussein sought to circumvent the economic noose around his country. Japan, meanwhile, announced it would increase its aid to countries hardest hit by enforcing the sanctions. Hoping...

We're adults—supporting children while going to school,full-time—and often among the poorest persons in this country. We're a growing segment of this or any University's population; but so far not a big enough segment here to be highly visible or...

Scott Stocking ("Moral Defense," 9-11-90) posits an "absolute truth" that homosexuality is "morally and ethically wrong" and uses this to support the ROTC's discriminatory policy against homosexuals. Perhaps if his conception could be validated, such...

Once again the spectre of the ‘ROTC' issue haunts NIU. This time, it is raised by Scott Stocking. I am grateful to him for having raised the issue, but I disagree entirely with him and feel compelled to respond. Why is it that all pro-ROTC arguers have...

The Student Association's revised recognition form is turning heads so quickly, the student body fails to realize the broad step forward the SA is making. For the first time in recent history, the SA is going after something instead of waiting to catch...

Hey NIU students, either put up or shut up. Today is your chance to tell the government to take a hike some place other than your tuition bill. A Joint Committee on College Tuition formed by the General Assembly with students, legislators and educational...

The exchange between Professors Hudson and Self on the merits of reverse discrimination sidesteps any discussion on the role of a university as an institution of learning. Learning is the acquisition of knowledge. The most important knowledge is neutral...

Sharon Holmes, Republican candidate for the office of DeKalb County Clerk, will attend a College Republicans meeting tonight to deputize student registrars and register student voters. Jeff Ehrlich, Student Association voter registration co-chairman,...

The idea behind the editorial "Owner strain:student gain," (Sept. 7,1990) is that as the vacancy rate of student apartment complexes goes up, due to new units coming on stream, such as Polarbek's proposed complex at Hillcrest and Annie Glidden, owners...

Nobody cares about a good-looking corpse. Case in point: Last week, a woman died from a rare type of anemia after taking some tanning pills. Was this woman so blanched that people wretched whenever she passed by? Probably not. The more likely scenario...

Condom vending machines have been on campus for about a year and a half. While there are indications that people are using condoms more often (about 40,000 are distributed each year), there were still over 2,500 cases of STDs at the University Health...