Can you picture this? I walk into the Rec Center, looking forward to my aerobics class and I have my water bottle with me. I think the water at OCR tastes like metal, so I bring my own. It's also a necessity when I work out. Imagine my surprise when the...

This is in response to Sandra Overmeyer's petition drive to protest tuition increases at NIU: Good for you! I'm gratified to read of student leaders like yourself taking active steps to show the Board of Regents that NIU students will not permit such...

Republican Brad Burzynski is the best candidateto fill the 76th Representative District. Democratic opponent Bob Tisch is in over his head. Burzynski is more concerned with making his own impact on the legislature instead of mimicking another legislator....

This letter is in response to the petition drive orchestrated by Sandra Overmeyer, which she states is, "To let the state legislature know how students feel." I do believe that they know, but do not care. Politicians listen to the voices of students when...

The members of BROTHERS should be commended for putting together a successful and intelligent discussion on an issue that concerns everyone. The group held a panel discussion Tuesday regarding the desegregation and integration of blacks into white-dominated...

Sharon Holmes, Republican candidate for DeKalb County Clerk, has decided thirteen years as Chief Deputy under Terry Desmin, active County Clerk, is experience enough to get a raise. "The experience I've gained as Chief Deputy and the contact I've had...

In the article in Monday's The Northern Star on the teacher survey carried out by the UCLA, mention was made of the relationship between research and teaching at this university. I would like to offer a student's viewpoint of this relationship. If education...

Many of the instructors of Kishwaukee Community College, myself included, did both our undergraduate and graduate studies at NIU. We, as your alumni, would like to ask for your "YES" vote on Kishwaukee College's building bond referendum on Nov. 6. Just...

The Student Association is losing track of time. SA President Rob McCormack decided to delay nominating the rest of the SA Supreme Court for another week. That makes three weeks. McCormack said because "things got a little out of hand" last week he wanted...

Editor's Note: This is the last installment of a three-part series examining the way university faculties view their jobs. Today's story is about job satisfaction. by Amy Julian Most of NIU's teachers would still want to be college professors if given...

I'm writing in response to what happened at the Student Association Mass Transit Board meeting Oct. 22. I'm trying to get Coors out of the university because they are destroying the environment. The Colorado Health Department has cited Coors four times...

You know, I would like to think those in the field of economics are a bit more bright than Tim Clancy. This country has enough financial problems without adding the grief that a half-bright moron like Mr. Clancy would plunge us into. On the other hand,...