You too can help save the world. This seems to be the theme for Earth Week, along with the 20th Anniversary of Earth Day (this Sunday). OK, so about 25,000 students think about recycling for a week. This is good. Awareness of a problem, such as the destruction...

After reading the April 9 issue of The Northern Star, one can only be disturbed about comments made by SA Senator James Mertes. Mertes said that the Philosophy Forum was "playing games" with the SA and that Senator Mertes was angry with the Philosophy...

James Brown should feel good. After all, the godfather of soul was released last week after serving 15 months of a six-year prison sentence for aggravated assault. Brown will earn at least the minimum wage of $3.80 at a work-release program in Columbia,...

This is in response to Adam Drendel's letter referring to Martin Rochlin's "Heterosexual Questionnaire." Drendel accused Rochlin of attempting to justify homosexuality by attacking heterosexuality. Mr. Drendel found Mr. Rochlin's questionnaire distorted,...

I am writing in regard to the Gay Lesbian Union's so-called "Jeans Day," which was recently observed throughout campus. Being that this is my first year at NIU, it was my first chance to witness this annual spectacle taking place. Like so many other people,...

While Lou Coty might have a valid, albeit arguable point in his letter protesting the GLU's choice of support-wear, he grossly invalidates his argument by stating that "people can be for human rights and not gay rights." In his paranoid anger to criticize...

Somebody hit the lights. The NIU Athletic Dept. needed an exciting new fundraising idea to get the attention of NIU alumni, whose contributions to the Huskie Athletic Fund have long been dwindling. Suddenly, there was an idea. Gerald O'Dell grabbed the...

Dan and Jim were in a heated discussion about police officers. Alcohol made the conversation a little more emotional than it normally would have been. They were at the bar long before I got there. Jim argued that police officers were to be admired because...

The University Council should stop playing games with students. It is bad enough that the NIU administration will not allow teacher evaluations to be published without the teachers volunteering the evaluations and having to go through a special process...

Tragedy has once again gripped the nation and brought the reminder of human mortality a little closer to home, even if only for a moment. Ryan White, the courageous young boy who began his fight with AIDS, as well as with the entire nation, passed away...

It was sometime around 2:30 p.m. on March 21 when I watched the UPs clean out the political stench from a Board of Regents meeting. It was becoming too thick for even me to bear. I'm speaking of the arrest of Ban ROTC Immediately Coalition members Tom...

The last several months have brought many surprises concerning the state of worldwide peace and international relations. It appears communism is becoming passe and democracy is the wave of the future. In the spirit of this recent movement, East German...