This is my second year at NIU and ever since arriving here, I've wondered why the university mascot is called the Huskies? Let me say that I have nothing against Huskies—I'm an avid dog lover myself. However, after spending several hours "cruising"...

Concerning abortion, I'm the one that said "quality of life" was an elusive phrase. I would like now to shed some light on it. Pro-choice advocates argue that the prospect of a poor economic or social situation for an unborn child is a valid reason to...

This is a letter in response to Michael Bond's letter "Based on Fears" which is, in turn, a response to James Hart's letter, "Opinion Off Base." I find your letter to be full of many upsetting inaccuracies. For one, Michael, your definition of racism...

Someone should get concerned about minority enrollment and fast. The American Council on Education released a national study Monday that stated there are fewer blacks and hispanics going to college and fewer yet who are graduating from college. This isn't...

If a picture does indeed tell a thousand words, the one I have in mind certainly fits the bill. A little slab of Kodak processing shows a friend of mine who was an exchange student in Germany last semester sitting on the crumbling Berlin Wall wearing...

The Student Association Executive Board has the power to make decisions without the Senate in emergency situations, but their latest act in exercising this power is questionable. Although the board knew about plans to have Black Muslim leader Louis Farrakhan...

It was with much concern that I read the article, "NIU students get a pass on civics test" in the Dec. 14, 1989 issue of the Chicago Tribune. At a time that societies of Eastern Europe are attaining long sought-after freedoms, it makes me angry to perceive...

As many of you are already aware, U.S. military forces took matters into their own hands and operated a full-scale invasion of Panama over the holiday break. While most of us were nestled all snug in our beds with visions of new stereos dancing in our...

I'm writing in response to James R. Hart's letter (Nov. 28). Mr. Hart, I hope you realize that not only blacks complain about racism. Therefore, your statement, "as usual, a black person cried racism" was unfair. The example of Jimmy the Greek was a very...

With funding for education ranking as the number one problem facing Illinois for the third straight year, it is refreshing to see NIU and the NIU Foundation working together to promote a better-enriched learning atmosphere. The Board of Regents, on behalf...

Let's be honest with ourselves. Is the war against drugs really a war that we can win? Since Christmas, the newspapers have been filled with all sorts of stories about or related to the U.S. military's holiday excursion to Panama and the soon-after surrender...

I was only about two years old, but I do remember my aunt babysitting my sisters and me while my mother visited my dad in the hospital. Years later, as my uncle retold the story of my father's near-death, I suddenly felt fortunate that this was the only...