The letters page is the one place in the paper where students, faculty and ordinary citizens get a chance to speak. Here's a helpful hint for those who have never written a letter. Letters run between 100 to 500 words. If it's more than 500 words, expect...

Since the day I landed in the United States, I have been regularly addressed three questions regarding my country, India—questions about the dot that the Indian women have on their foreheads; about the cow; and about the caste system in India. I hope...

People interested in volunteering for Safe Passage, one of DeKalb County's outlets serving victims of domestic violence, can attend training sessions Sept. 21 to 23 and Sept. 28 to 30. Safe Passage, a non-profit organization, relies on volunteer for its...

Lynn Martin's shabby attempt at rousing support through re-enacting the famed Lincoln-Douglas debates is repulsive and only serves as a reminder of how far campaigns are sinking into the abyss. Martin is running against Paul Simon for an Illinois Senate...

Philosophy Professor James Hudson's letter to the Star (Friday, Aug. 31) asking why the new Faculty Senate demonstrated so much "special concern for minority representation" answers his own question. Certainly the university "is an ideal setting for genuine...

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,...

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...

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...