The Student Association will hold elections Tuesday and Wednesday to fill five off-campus and two on-campus senate seats. The Northern Star asked candidates why they seek a position with the senate and what issues they feel the senate should address in...

A candidate for Student Assocaition senator has filed a petition with the SA Supreme Court that could postpone this week's elections by challenging the constitutionality of the 1986 SA redistricting plan. Off-campus candidate Andy Shankman's petition...

NIU will become the second university to have a refundable $1 fee supporting the Illinois Student Association if the Board of Regents passes the fee at Thursday's Regents meeting in Springfield. ISA Executive Director Dave Starrett said the University...

Criminal charges were dismissed for all but seven political activists who were arrested while protesting budget cuts for higher education during last April's Day of Action highway blackade. At a status review hearing Friday, 46 demonstrators pled guilty...

An inquest into the death of an NIU student involved in a train/pedestrian accident during December finals week was completed and ruled accidental Thursday. The four man, two woman jury deliberated only five minutes before reaching their decision concerning...

To all that have supported Martha Palmer: It is important that you know my hearing was biased, manipulated, and totally controlled by four lawyers (George Shur, Norden Gilbert, Frank Nowik and chaired by attorney Leonard Mandell) all against my wishes....

New computer terminals installed in NIU libraries will aid in students' searches for publish materials. Seventeen new terminals, which were installed in Founder's Memorial Library in October and November, cost a total of $40,000. When the system expands...

I would like to commend you for the greek pull-out section in your Jan. 18 edition. It was a fantastic idea that was implemented in a timely and professional manner. During the past few months there has been some talk that The Northern Star and the greek...

Common sense seems to dictate that people don't get punished for their intentions, people get punished for their actions. To assume that Sigma Chi is so ignorant of the negative implications of performing "black face" is sheer lunancy. Mr. Callaghan's...

Congratulations are in order for first-year head coach Pete Waite and assistant coach Lori Sowatsky for directing the Lady Huskies to the North Star Tournament Championship the weekend of Nov. 19 and 20 at Chick Evans Fieldhouse. The cast of Amy Garrett,...

The DeKalb County Board voted Wednesday not to sell 113 acres of county farmland in efforts to turn it into a shopping mall. This action will leave the City of DeKalb and the county at a standstill and will bring adverse effects to the community. For...

As I was reading a recent article in The Northern Star I read something that really made me wonder. It was a quote by Pam Bozeman, the former Black Student Union president, about how the black students should "forget their personal differences," and form...