The five year time period spent creating a life-like statue of Martin Luther King Jr., for the Memorial Commons has consisted of some rocky times to say the least. The project started out well. The Black Student Union came up with the idea for the statue...

After a tense week between the Student Association and the DeKalb City Council, the last thing the SA needed was to have one of its members shoot off his mouth. Brian Subatich, SA liaison to the council, took it upon himself to inform the citizens of...

The third Unity in Diversity Week was just celebrated with numerous events sponsored by student organizations, university departments and other organizations. With the overall theme, "You Are One Of A Kind," the unity week, as a multicultural programming...

Oh, those self-righteous young MEN who write impassioned letters to The Northern Star against abortion! No chance THEY will ever expereince an unwanted pregnancy. Since I doubt there's any chance of changing their minds on the issue, I'm just hoping two...

Oct. 29, the men of Phi Sigma Kappa hosted a party for the brothers of the fraternity and their invited guests. The general consensus from those attending the party was that it was perhaps one of the most organized, most successful and most fun parties...

Regarding your recent homecoming special issue, I found it to be quite informative, yet lacking in one particular aspect. I'm sure all the students on campus are familiar with the annual celebrations of homecoming; its parades, pep rallies and football...

The 11th annual Chili Shoot-out will be held Saturday at the Moose Club, 4301 North Main Street, Rockford. The public is invited and there is a $1 donation. Over 40 local chili cooks will brew their individual recipes which will be judged and sold. Brown...

It is time for the American public and the big whigs in the corporate world to start exercising some social responsibility and start paying for the conditions of our environment. For too long we have heard the blame put on the shoulders of the government....

I would like to comment on a very rare occurence I experienced Sept. 28. I came onto campus to take a computer class, parking my scooter at the Swen Parson Hall bike racks and apparently leaving my keys in the ignition. I didn't notice I'd forgotten my...

Speaking from the bar When you and your roommates sit down for breakfast, is it so cold in your apartment you can see each other's breath when you speak? When you go into the kitchen for an early a.m. snack, do you catch hordes of roaches picnicking on...

As a third year Resident Assistant, my reaction to Christine Rechner's letter "RAs too strict," is that Christine is very mis-informed as to what an RA's job responsibilities consist of. One of the RA's job responsibilities is to complete a series of...

As a Canadian I found Gina Quilici's column (Sept. 19) really well done. It sure is frustrating for us Canadians to find out that you do not even know basic political facts about our country. A few of weeks ago I was visiting my girl friend who attends...