After reading the April 9 issue of The Northern Star, one can only be disturbed about comments made by SA Senator James Mertes. Mertes said that the Philosophy Forum was "playing games" with the SA and that Senator Mertes was angry with the Philosophy...

James Brown should feel good. After all, the godfather of soul was released last week after serving 15 months of a six-year prison sentence for aggravated assault. Brown will earn at least the minimum wage of $3.80 at a work-release program in Columbia,...

This is in response to Adam Drendel's letter referring to Martin Rochlin's "Heterosexual Questionnaire." Drendel accused Rochlin of attempting to justify homosexuality by attacking heterosexuality. Mr. Drendel found Mr. Rochlin's questionnaire distorted,...

Tragedy has once again gripped the nation and brought the reminder of human mortality a little closer to home, even if only for a moment. Ryan White, the courageous young boy who began his fight with AIDS, as well as with the entire nation, passed away...

It was sometime around 2:30 p.m. on March 21 when I watched the UPs clean out the political stench from a Board of Regents meeting. It was becoming too thick for even me to bear. I'm speaking of the arrest of Ban ROTC Immediately Coalition members Tom...

The last several months have brought many surprises concerning the state of worldwide peace and international relations. It appears communism is becoming passe and democracy is the wave of the future. In the spirit of this recent movement, East German...

The University Council should stop playing games with students. It is bad enough that the NIU administration will not allow teacher evaluations to be published without the teachers volunteering the evaluations and having to go through a special process...

Well, the DeKalb County Board has control of the ping pong ball called the county farm again. The farm has been bouncing around as the prospective site for a mall since last January. DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow told the board last Monday that developers...

Yahoo. Yes, it's true, last week's Student Association Executive Board elections did set a voter turnout record. A whopping 3,800 student voters came out to the polls during the two-day election, more than a thousand above last year's turnout. Ah, but...

Sing it now, boys. My future's so bright, I gotta wear a coal miner's hat and carry lanterns in both hands and it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to take some candles with either. What can I say, the truth has no rhythm. I know what you're saying. You're...

It seems that Gay Awareness Week is upon us once again. As always, when the Gay Lesbian Union sponsors an event, a dumb question comes to mind: Why is GLU the only organization that cannot publish the location of their events on their flyers? They can...

Establishing and maintaining good credit can be difficult for students, but it's not impossible. If you are old enough to sign a binding contract—18 in Illinois—you're old enough to obtain credit. The following explains how to obtain credit and what...