The Board of Regents should not have put themselves in a questionable position with bidding for new turf on NIU's and Illinois State University's football fields. The lowest of four companies submitting bids lodged a formal complaint against the board...

"NINTENDO TRUCK HIJACKED,""WOMAN CHARGED IN REAL LIFE ‘FATAL ATTRACTION' MURDER,""SAKHAROV'S BRAIN WILL BE STUDIED,""BOY LOSES LEG IN MINE FIRE." These were some of the headlines in the state, nation, and international sections in The Star on Feb. 9....

I would like to comment on the editorial apearing in The Northern Star Feb. 13, "VP Hunt Going Nowhere." If the intention of the editorial was to discuss the direction of the vice president search, then I missed the point. The editorial states "the biggest...

After the admission confusion some students faced when more than 1,000 were unable to get into a women's basketball home game against DePaul without buying a ticket, something needs to be done to better the policy. Some students were upset because they...

In view of the debate between Sarah Weddington and Phyllis Schlafly last Wednesday night, I'm sure we will be reading a lot more about abortion in the pages of The Star. I would like to address a different issue which was highlighted again during this...

If you had to label this past decade as an age of "something," what would you say? It's difficult to pinpoint a single word for describing such a long period of time, but what was the driving force which shaped our nation to become what it is today? The...

We would like to call to your attention the discriminatory actions of some members of the NIU community towards the pro-life movement on campus. We are particularly troubled by the action of the Holmes Student Center Director Judd Baker toward Students...

It is good to see Student Association senators thinking about how to improve their election process, but the new party system proposal might not be the best way to go. Although former SA Sen. Michael Murvihill claims he gave the SA Internal Affairs Committee...

What's wrong with making a little money? The DeKalb City Council does not see anything wrong with it. That's why fines for underaged drinking were increased at last week's city council meeting. The increases will not take effect until March 12, but after...

If you want to see a great fight, don't waste your money on HBO—go to the bars! The DeKalb bars have three attractants, in addition to the obvious alchohol and music incentives: the drunks, the bad dancers, and the fights. (Luckily, most of us fall...

After more than 30 years of reflective observation, I am confused about what philosophical base might be guiding decisions regarding Intercollegiate Athletics at NIU. The IIAC seemed to be a balanced conference and included Eastern Illinois and Michigan....