Oh no! It's a little sister! You know Marianne, the "almost extinct" girls in the greek system? Well, you've got a lot to learn. First of all, little sisters at Western Illinois University don't even compare and shouldn't be compared to us here at NIU....

Charges of obstructing persons in a highway for about 75 students involved in the April 13 Day of Action II sit-in protest on Lincoln Highway will be reviewed at a hearing Friday. The hearing is set for 1:30 p.m. at the DeKalb Municipal Building, 200...

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's visit this week to the United States comes at a time, he said, when the world is "going through some very crucial changes." That, in reference to Gorbachev's country and the country he is visiting, seems an understatement....

The Nov. 13 episode of "60 Minutes" underscored a growing problem in America's educational system. One segment dealt with a Dartmouth University newspaper editor who, after a confrontation with a professor, was suspended from school for more than a year....

Yes, The Northern Star does make mistakes. On Monday morning an irate and somewhat rude person who claimed to be a faculty member called the Star to point out what he thought was a blatant error. It seemed that a Star headline had used the word "tressel"...

Taking a ride or taking a stride. This statement accurately assesses the elevator situation for individuals living in the towers. It is absolutely ridiculous the way the elevators keep breaking down. Living on the upper floors, at times, can be very frustrating...

As NIU faculty who do research at Fermilab, we feel that the negative impact on NIU due to the Texas siting of the Superconducting Supercollider will not be as great as the article in The Northern Star implies. Fermilab will continue to be the world's...

The Illinois Board of Higher Education today might vote to keep tuition at one-third the instructional cost of running the university. Officials at state universities, including NIU, have not followed the one-third rule because the State of Illinois has...

Reading about Sigma Chi fraternity's current troubles the thought occurs to me, that NIU Vice President Jon Dalton and other officials may have overreacted. Sigma Chi's skit in blackface is widely agreed to have been in bad taste. Consequently some people...

I am replying to Jamie Leighton's letter about the JLS being "out of touch." I came to NIU this year, and I didn't know anybody. I met a few people and then I joined the JLS. It's turned out to be one of the best decisions of my life. I was surprised...

After three years at NIU, two of which I've spent studying at Diversions Lounge, I can say that one thing hasn't changed. And that is the presence of apparent homeless individuals that pursue their rest on the Diversions couches while students attempt...

Over the past 2 1/2 months, I have seen many of the idiotic moves this college makes; the Clyde Wingfield situation, the firing of Martha Palmer, the increase in salaries of our president and Regents chancellor after a $125 increase (Oh, I'm sorry, Tuition...