I was disappointed to find that I had missed an address by Dr. Lois Self Feb. 8 on women's equity. I agree with many of the points made by Dr. Self but I would like to pose some alternative views. I hope none of the points I stress are based on misquotes...

NIU President John La Tourette's letter summoning support to fight racism on campus was a good idea that was gone about the wrong way. La Tourette sent letters to 165 students, staff and faculty who attended a conference titled "Racial Discrimination...

The apartment hunting season for next fall is in full force. You may not need a license, boots, birdcall, thermos or R.V., but you'll be shooting blind if you aren't properly prepared for the experience. Here are precautions you can take to ensure the...

I am writing to express my dissatisfaction with the lack of student representation on NIU President John La Tourette's Fee Study Committee. Our SA President Huda Scheidelman is required to represent students' interests in determining the fate of more...

I am responding to Fred Heuschel's series on the different aspects of Satanism. Today, I would like to challenge my readers to set aside whatever they've learned in their science and philosophy classes, because I'll be writing strictly from a Christian...

Ah, yesterday. You know, son, I remember the days long ago when crowds of people used to stampede toward a Huskie Bus when one approached. Now, they all run away for fear of being stampeded by one. I'm just glad I'm not the guy who pays the insurance...

Nelson Mandela has finally been released from prison after 27 years of incarceration, the latest move in a string of South African governmental reforms initiated by the country's newly-elected president F.W. de Klerk. It was shaky there for a while. At...

Sarah Weddington's argument for the continued legalization of abortion is not convincing because it contains salient fallacies. Weddington argues that a woman should not be forced to undergo the violence of pregnancy and childbirth. Violence is not a...

When the president says there will be no new taxes, it helps mainly the wealthy: the 80 percent with incomes over 100,000, the top 5 percent wealthiest. He would cut the tax on capital gains receipts (stocks, bonds, gold, real estate-like buildings),...

This is a response to Andrea Snow (2/7). You ask how a fetus can be considered a separate human life; let's look at the answer biologically. First of all, the fetus has a completely unique genetic make-up. This in itself is proof that the fetus is a separate,...

Student Association President Huda Scheidelman should not be impeached because her blunders do not outweigh the blunders of the entire SA. Scheidelman's fate is expected to be decided Sunday. People wanting to kick her out maintain she acted unconstitutionally...

Sunday's discussion and impeachment vote of Student Association President Huda Scheidelman should be done in the open. Scheidelman is under the gun for giving student fees to the Black Student Union for Minister Louis Farrakhan's speech in January, among...