After reading Alex Pope's Jan. 17 column, I would like to thank him and also, I would like to share my own story. My story, though, is a little different, for I was the one with the problem and causing the hurt. I have a drug and alcohol abuse problem,...

Question: What is the largest organization on campus which boasts of over 25,000 members? Answer: The Student Association!(Bet you didn't know you were a member.) It's the beginning of a new semester and I would like to inform you that you are a member...

Let's get the mall rolling. DeKalb County has owned a tract of land known as the county farm for ages. It lies between DeKalb and Sycamore along Route 23, adjacent to Northland Plaza. Over the years, several developers have suggested that this tract of...

Hearings conducted last semester involving the System of Systems is already falling upon deaf ears. What a big suprise. In the current System of Systems, the Illinois Board of Higher Education serves as an overall coordinating agency for all sectors of...

The CHANCE Program is a good program. At least, that is my opinion of it. The reason why I say CHANCE is a good program is because it helped me out a lot. You see, I'm a CHANCE student myself. I wasn't accepted through CHANCE because I lacked basic academic...

Hi. It's me again. If you've just joined us, welcome to Northern Illinois University, or Great America-DeKalb, the jewel of the Midwest. Whoa, I almost didn't make it here. You know, the strangest things happen on New Years Eve. One minute, everything...

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...