Politics is not a playground game. That's something the Student Association has to learn. Not only has the SA as a whole proved to be very ineffective this semester, but it also has proved that it cannot coexist with the big boys on the block. In its...

Holiday cheer apparently is not in the Board of Regents' vocabulary. The Board of Regents and Local 3389 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees—AFSCME—have met in negotiations regarding catch-up increment raises for union...

Congratulations on choosing "Freedom of the Press" as the focus for your 25th anniversary celebration as a viable, daily newspaper. Never before in our 200-year-plus history have we had to reminded as we do now that we must be ever-vigilant in protecting...

News out of Carbondale Saturday evening was not good for the NIU men's basketball team. In a game the Huskies never lead, Southern Illinois downed NIU 71-54 with the help of the Salukis Jerry Jones. Jones pumped in 22 points and picked up eight rebounds...

I find it unfortunate and sad that the same people—white, male, Christian—that have inflicted upon Native Americans disease, lies, broken treaties, concentration camps, genocide and even the name "Indians," are now debating what should and should...

It's not nice to fool mother nature. Just ask George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev. The two almost were swamped this weekend when a winter storm rolled into Malta, making things a bit difficult for everyone attending the summit. It seems ludicrous to think...

It has come to the end of another semester and we must ask ourselves what the Student Association has accomplished. There are certain members of the SA who wanted to get involved and accomplish things for the well-being of the students. However, as a...

The DeKalb police chief addressed a complaint Friday by a DeKalb resident of alleged brutality and the illegal search of his home. On Nov. 18, Thomas Rodriguez, 38, 1100 W. Lincoln Hwy., was arrested by DeKalb Police in the home of Clemente Rodriguez,...

Usually Sunday's are filled with the battle in the trenches, but yesterday there was a War in the Paint. Chick Evans Field House was the place as NIU and its coveted post players, 6-foot-3 Carol Owens and 6-foot-2 Tammy Hinchee took on 6-foot-2 Beth Hunt...

I am writing to you about smoke alarms in the dorms, and I don't know who to speak to about this, so I thought I would write you. I think the topic of having (or not having) smoke alarms in the dorms needs to be addressed. I am a resident of Lincoln Hall....

Thank God for capitalism. Former Beatle and general music legend Paul McCartney recently became the latest in a whole slew of rock-n-rollers to sell out to American commercialism and the almighty dollar. McCartney inked a deal with Visa U.S.A. which calls...

President Bush is a unique, compassionate and sensitive leader who is doing his job without a lot of fanfare. The American people have great difficulty with his political style because we are accustomed to taking the initiative—being aggressive. Deeply...