I thank you for the article and valuable space allotted me in the Aug. 30 edition of The Northern Star. I was pleased to gain attention for accepting the position of National Student Representative for Golden Key National Honor Society, and I believe...

While the U.S. itself has invaded other small nations like British Grenada to sideline our Marine deaths in Lebanon (Israel); Panama to oust our reportedly former drug accomplice Noreiga; Columbia - Peru to quell rebels but ostensibly to stop drugs; Libya,...

This letter is in response to the recent editorial in The Northern Star "Art deemed unacceptable" (Aug. 29) in which the recent refusal of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) funding to four controversial artists was heralded as "one huge setback...

NIU President John La Tourette will be a guest on Milton Rosenberg's radio talk show Sept. 13 from 9 to 11 p.m. on AM 720. Other guests will be Lake Forest College President Eugene Hotchkiss and Marquette University President Albert De Ulio. The three...

Once again Rev. Jesse Jackson managed to jump into the international political limelight, where he does not belong. Jackson's latest escapade came about after he arrived in Great Britain to welcome home British citizens held hostage in Iraq, and recently...

In response to the Huskie Football promotional "cartoon" that was published in the Back to School issue. I think I speak for health professionals, intercollegiate athletics and the rest of the university community when I say that this "cartoon" was very...

The present, mature group of NIU students will have to pay for their immature predecessors. Past students who used the Recreation Center for a fun game of basketball, volleyball or raquetball seem to have forgotten who would be playing the same games...

Before the Student Assocation can fund studelt groups, it must complete its own budget process. The SA dispenses about $750,000 in student fees each fiscal year between 64 SA-funded organizations, said SA Treasurer Michael Holy. NIU's fiscal year starts...

Congratulations to NIU's College of Engineering and its recognitiion from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Engineering Technology. The five-year-old college received the essential accreditation last week which hopefully will propel it into...

At its first meeting (August 29) the new Faculty Senate adopted bylaws that include a provision for the special election of a minority faculty member if none is elected in the normal course of events. Why this special concern for minority representation?...

Ellen Goodman The Boston Globe As I first turn the pages of the newsmagazines, I barely notice the ads. The cover stories are what I'm after, sober accounts of the near-war in the Middle East, grim details about the buildup to protect "our way of life,"...

Most NIU offices will be closed during the Labor Day holiday. Along with University Health Service offices, NIU computer labs will be closed Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The Huskie Bus Line will run today until 2:15 a.m., but won't run again until Monday...