Who is the "invisible racist?" Is he the person who yells racial slurs outside his dorm room window and hides behind the curtains so that he won't be seen? Or is he the person who fills his body with alcohol for courage and gangs up on an individual minority?...

As I sat in a forum for "Black Greeks on Predominately White Campuses," I saw the ratio of blacks to whites on campus. When the graduate assistant from the University of Indiana came and spoke about attempted unity between black and white Greeks, I witnessed...

The time has come for the media industry to take a long hard look at itself and refuse to continue compromising its principles to gain one or two points in the almighty ratings game. Chicago's Fox-Channel 32 news has announced plans to illustrate its...

I didn't agree with most of what you said, Burton Kent, in your letter to the editor. First of all, you are deaf, not hard of hearing. You need to accept that. Are you ashamed of being deaf? Secondly, by your comment that black people are the easiest...

It is only Wednesday of the week following the University of Southwestern Louisiana-NIU football game and I am already sick and tired of the complaints coming from Jerry Pettibone and the NIU Huskies. First of all, they are here for us as a form of entertainment,...

Some time ago Jon Dalton, former vice president for student affairs, made a proposal suggesting NIU construct a new building to house additional student organizations that resulted in the development of a Holmes Student Center space study committee. Former...

I would like to respond to Jeff Kirik's column, "Hyped contest gets little support at NIU," (Nov. 6) and Bob Regan's column, "Low attendance hard to understand at NIU," (Nov. 8). Mr. Kirik's column was about an exciting football game that took place Nov....

The challenge of basic human rights has dominated this year's news. Bitter debates on abortion and flagburning have laid the foundation for a continuously greater analysis of our fundamental rights. The issue grabbing this week's headlines is not our...

Gary Spangler has been appointed to patrolman by the DeKalb Police Department and the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners. Spangler was previously employed at the Sandwich Police Department and most recently the DeKalb County Sheriff's Police. ICEBERG...

The Northern Star recently received a letter rebutting an editorial concerning the re-evaluation of three NIU Public Administration faculty members. Although we realize that every individual is entitled to his or her opinion, we were a bit miffed over...

NIU's shortage of student help this semester is evident in many workplaces, especially residence hall cafeterias. The prospect of serving food and wiping tables usually doesn't result in a flood of student applications. A recent 40-cent hourly pay increase...

The letter from David Whitson (Nov. 10) concerning the practices of farmers and the food industry raises some issues that beg for questioning. The main points of the letter seem to be that the food producing business makes a lot of money for a segment...