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...

How often have we, in the university community opened The Northern Star and seen the headlines that scream at us: "IT'S IMPEACHMENT SEASON," "SA MIRED IN INTERNAL BICKERING," "WHERE'S THE SA?," "SA SHIFTING FROM NEUTRAL TO REVERSE." While I did take liberties...

Since the start of the semester, I have followed closely the exchanges on this page regarding the issue of racism. Obviously this is a topic on the minds of many here at NIU. Without exception, these letters have been written by well-educated students...

In my past list columns, "Don't you hate it when" and "Why?", I tackled a number of different issues that I felt were important and funny, yet would lose their basic appeal if I rambled on for the entire column length. So, to keep you from getting bored...

To some college students, a late homework assignment is a major tragedy. For others it might take as much as a bad grade on a test. Maybe these things aren't tragedies in the real world, but making the grade is a college student's life, right? Well, for...

NIU should get rid of styrofoam on campus. And the Student Environmental Action Committee and University Food Services should continue to work toward abolishing styrofoam at NIU. Although food services does not use styrofoam containing chloroflourocarbons,...

This letter is concerning the article, "Snow removal high priority for NIU," in The Northern Star on Feb. 19. In the story, Tom Anderson, Physical Plant grounds foreman says that at NIU, the handicapped parking lots are top priority. This sounded kind...

The following story is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent, and a few little white lies have been added to make it a hell of a lot more interesting. Victor E. Huskie, Part II: The Revenge. The scene: The office of Philip Marlowe,...

I'm writing this letter in response to the two letters of complaint from David Lasker (Feb. 12) and Gerald Berkowitz (Feb. 15). The Campus Activities Board (CAB) is aware of the noise problem at some of the weekend movies. It is the Sunday 10 p.m. show...

Colleges should release crime statistics to prospective students. Doris Karpiel, R-Roselle, introduced Bill 1515, which would force colleges to publish their crime statistics. NIU, along with many other schools across the state, does not publish the statistics....

The Student Association seems to have latched on to a big student concern that involves bad communication, but not in the way it might seem at first glance. The SA Academic Affairs Committee has received about 75 complaints from students in a Statistics...

We, the victims from the Feb. 16 fire at 355 Augusta Ave., would like to thank the DeKalb community and the university for your support and concern for our welfare. Often when tragedy strikes, the capacity to recognize, accept and acknowledge proffered...