The Bears, Bulls, Cubs, White Sox, Blackhawks, Power and Brusiers. What do all of these names have in common? Well, they are all Chicago sports teams. I feel that people who live in and around Chicago area should support and cheer for these teams. People...

I am writing in regard to a previous letter to the editor. First of all, my stepmother is black. She and her family are well-educated and definitely a true part of what I consider my family. I say this for I must take issue with a letter by a Ms. Tracy...

Not that the football players will be able to comprehend this letter, but we were deeply offended by their actions and attitudes that they exhibited at the Oct. 5 "Yell Like Hell" in the Chick Evans Field House. We concluded that the football players...

What goes around, comes around. This simple rule applies to many asbestos manufacturers and suppliers who might have to pay to have their work torn apart. The Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week that 34 school districts in Illinois can file lawsuits...

This semester, the residence halls have adopted and enforced a new alcohol policy. This new policy expands on the former by prohibiting the display of any alcoholic beverages container in an individual's room, regardless of the resident's age and despite...

Students in a bind Editor's Note: This is the first installment of a three-part series on the problems associated with off-campus student housing. This story discusses why college students often tolerate poor housing situations. by Michelle Landrum and...

In response to the letter from the "naive" Maureen Keane. It is almost indecent for any student or administrative official to think that blacks on campus are going to be passive about the racial tension going on here at NIU. Right is right, and wrong...

Over the last year and a half I have read so much about racism on this campus, yet I have read so little to indicate that people understand the complexity of the problem and are sincere in trying to solve it. The letter titled "Arrest Suspects," which...

Do not treat someone differently simply because of a group they belong to. Judge the individual. This principle was one stressed at Saturday's workshop on campus racial discrimination. In one of the more enlightening sessions, participants were asked...

Ronald Reagan and wife Nancy have been receiving some harsh criticism over their recent voyage to Japan. Those who question the Reagans' behavior point to the fact that the couple will receive a cool $2 million for making television and other gala event...

What good was Unity in Diversity Week here at NIU? It seems to me that the whole thing was a farce. It looked to be more of a social affair than a learning process. The Hands Across Campus was more of a gathering of fraternities and sororities than anything...

Some came from as far away as Nebraska and Minnesota to attend a two-day racial discrimination conference at NIU this weekend. But the distance traveled is nothing when one considers the miles of work still to be done to stop all forms of discrimination....