The Student Association and Holmes Student Center Bookstore officials have effectively worked together in initiating a bookstore "charge it" system. Beginning in the fall semester, students should be able to charge textbooks and other necessary school...

As members of the Women's Alliance, we are writing in response to the April 19 article entitled "Women's Alliance Protests Newspaper." We would like to take this opportunity to reply to the other individuals who were quoted in the article. First, we feel...

For the sake of accuracy and for the benefit of your Weekender readers, I am writing this review of Sean Leary's review, "New Age Sounds Apart from Crowd," which appeared in the Thursday, April 19 paper. Selecting Kitaro for this introduction to some...

The state government seems to finally see the importance of a well-educated society. A school voucher proposal suggesting state-funded grants for parents of students, which has been considered in the House Executive Committee for the past couple of years,...

Upon reading the article concerning admission requirements on the April 18 issue of The Northern Star, we were quite surprised to learn that Daniel Oborn has created his own form of racial discrimination. To enter NIU, whites must receive an ACT score...

Wednesday's Day of Action was a flop because its message went to the wrong people. Different people spoke for about two hours in the King Memorial Commons as more than 300 students signed a petition supporting a tuition freeze. And although the hoopla...

In response to the April 19 article "Woman's Alliance Protests Newspaper": I feel that this is the most ridiculous article I've ever read. Those women holding up the "stop sexism" signs are only jealous of the women in the DeKalb Nite Weekly. How can...

Regarding the reactions to the Women's Alliance protest of sexism in the DeKalb Nite Weekly, I would like to make a few comments. The allegation is that the Weekly's treatment of women is sexist. The publisher and others deny that this is true. I wonder,...

For those of you who were out of town or deeply engrossed in studying at the time, marijuana was apparently legal on campus Monday. Yes, "Hemp Tour ‘90," a 60-date cross-country tour promoting the call to legalize marijuana, made it's way to NIU Monday....

Where's my MTV? What ever happened to the best television network to ever broadcast on the face of this earth? I know this might be difficult to imagine but picture this - a music television station. Not just a television station, but a station completely...

To all students, especially those graduating soon, this is an important time of the semester. A time to reflect on where we, collectively and individually, are going and have been. And from my standpoint, where we've been is riddled with idiocy on this...

DeKalb isn't the only place on the globe that's getting hot. South Africa, in its newborn quest to end the reign of Apartheid, is heating up pretty well, too. And if South Africans are serious about their fight to make things better, they must be ready...