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...

My female colleagues have finally educated me, after no small effort, to use genderless words in my lectures, books, and scientific papers. I carefully read over each manuscript to make certain that his/her appears rather than his, that person replaces...

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,...