Everyone does it, so why can't I? I remember asking my mother this very same question when I was in elementary school. "Just because everyone is doing it doesn't mean it's right," was often the reply. After awhile I understood this idea. Did John Fallon's...

Read this and tell me if you think I'm completely demented. Maybe you can relate to it. I'm not sure—I don't really know you that well. You dream that life is a gigantic shoe store. It's 10:48 on a Monday morning. You have heard that not many people...

At the "Rally for Human Liberation," (March 21) I saw a unity of purpose, but not means. Questions and insults were slung at speakers from both (all) sides and the topic strayed considerably from that of human liberation. The only pushing that I saw was...

The U.S. government is dancing around Agent Orange again. The U.S. government recently conducted a study it said would finally find out the truth about the effects of Agent Orange, a defoliant used in Viet Nam, on the soldiers exposed to it. It said this...

The Student Association should let the chairman of the Student Political Education and Action Committee—SPEAC—be paid. The committee is chaired by the president or a designee and is designed to help NIU students become informed of political issues....

Facts about sexual assault and abuse are often dismissed because people have grown up with false beliefs about why a person is sexually violated and who is responsible for the crime. Any person can be a victim of sexual assault or sexual abuse regardless...

Way to go Gerald O'Dell! I would like to endorse your efforts to bring women's salaries closer to parity with those of men in your department. One need only calculate the prior base salaries from the figures listed in The Star's accompanying chart (e.g....

"Alex, you are so lucky that you don't have to date guys!" I looked up from my beer, readily agreeing. But I'm pretty sure I had different reasons than she did. Denise was talking about trying to get a guy to commit himself to a girl. "Damn!" she said,"And...

No one has an excuse for not reporting a crime they witnessed—especially in DeKalb County. Since 1982, the DeKalb County Crime Stoppers has taken calls from people who have tips on any crime, and the caller does not have to reveal their name. Beside...

In reply to Jack Bennett's letter to the editor on Feb. 23, first I would like to say that I am against abortion, not only because it takes an innocent baby's life (a life much like your own), but also because of the things that an abortion can do to...

It's time to quell all the intense concern over the recent accidents involving Huskie buses. Traffic accidents are never a pleasant thing with which to deal, and it might sound kind of harsh to say that four accidents involving Huskie buses within one...