In response to the letter to the editor in the Sept. 12 edition of The Northern Star entitled "Victims of the Press," we see no reason for the author's distress concerning the treatment of the three Omega Psi Phi members and their NIU-sponsored roadtrip....

This is in response to Alfred Tatum's letter of Sept. 12. Mr. Tatum, you could not be more wrong. Nothing that the Star printed about the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity's abuse of the university's credit card was out of line for a newspaper to print. When I...

I just transferred here this year from a community college and I am a pre-communications major. You printed an article about the Communications department's limited space availability. One section of the article states: "Undergraduate Communication Studies...

The Boy Scouts of America are better off without Chicagoans Ray Baker and Deneen Robinson. Baker and Robinson were fired this week for refusing to join a mandatory training program because they believe it has racist elements. One element is a wooden-bead...

Students are willing to take on the financial problems of the state and pay any price for their college education. That's the message we gave to a tuition study panel of legislators, educators and other students on Wednesday when only five people attended...

I am writing in response to "Victims of the Press" written by Alfred Tatum. He insinuated the members of Omega Psi Phi were victimized and exploited by The Northern Star because they are African-Americans. He also stated that the original article had...

Second-string Huskie quarterback Robert Rugai was arrested Sunday by DeKalb Police and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and accepting alcohol as a minor. Police said they stopped Rugai, 20, on Lincoln Highway near Annie Glidden Road...

Alfred Tatum obviously has no clue as to how important an informed public is here at Northern. Beth Behland did an excellent job of investigative reporting in her series of articles on the Omega Psi Phi credit abuse scam. Mr. Tatum's Sept. 12 editorial...

Nobody ever died as a result of being cooked internally at tanning parlors. This story and other urban legends are in the book "Curses! Broiled Again" by Jan Harold Brunvand. Your editorial on dying to look good could and should have been based on facts,...

Why is it every time an African-American does something wrong, and it is reported or even, God forbid, criticized, there is an inevitable cry of racism? I am referring to the letter to the editor in the Wednesday issue of the Northern Star. Beth Behland...

No one was hurt Wednesday night when a third floor Wirtz Hall fluorescent ceiling light burst into flames and caused about $1,000 in damage to the building. The light's faulty ballast, the built-in transformer that changes the building's electrical voltage...

In response to Vickie Snow's column of Sept. 11, there are many instances and forms of child abuse where the child does not end up physically dying as a result of the mistreatment. I doubt if those surviving children, who eventually will be or who are...