With the bitter taste of last weekend's Fastbreak Fest loss still lingering inside Chick Evans Field House, the women's basketball team must now turn to new horizons, but the challenge will not get much easier. The Huskies (2-1) will duel with the undefeated...

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....

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 mystery surrounding the existence of the Student Association's Supreme Court bylaws is over, but the incident is another black mark on the SA's already full ledger of blunders. SA Supreme Court Justice Cam Davis found a copy of the bylaws in the archives...

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...

Since I bother reading the responses to the editorials, but dislike doing so, I will sum this essay into the following phrase, so you the reader will not have to continue further: The Northern Star is a repulsive form of literature. For those that have...