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...

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...

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...

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...

The five university students murdered in Florida should make more than Floridians aware of crazy kooks lurking around. Most students are starting to get used to the cafeteria food, new faces and different campus paths after the first week at NIU. But...

Guest Column Barbara Henley Classes have resumed at many universities and colleges across the country, and some are already dealing with serious issues of safety in their communities. When selecting a college, parents and students often choose small communities...

Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry undoubtedly will win the city council seat he seeks because foolish Americans have thrust him atop a pedestal. Barry was made a hero during the past year for being the vigilant defender of black rights and fighting the...

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,"...

NIU is taking the bone, but it'll be back for more. Illinois Governor James Thompson has on his desk House Bill 2842, which would allow NIU and ISU one alumni voting member a piece on the Board of Regents. NIU has tried to get its own governing board...