While walking through the Martin Luther King Memorial Commons, I stopped to read the statements chalked on the sidewalk by the Feminist Front about Wednesday's Pro-Choice rally. Next to the statement "Freedom Now," the word "crush" was written, obviously...

This letter is regarding Dan O'Shea's Sept. 11 column, "Several things just can't be answered." The author asks readers to make a pact with him. He promises to never write a serious word in his column if we, the readers, say that we like him. Sorry Dan....

Speaking from the bar Thinking of buying that neat little roadster that's been for sale in your neighbor's driveway since last spring? When you calculate whether you can afford to bu and/or maintain a car, you had better include the cost of automobile...

A LaGrange, Ill. person resembling the fugitive Richard Church might have been the man sighted Tuesday at NIU. Church, the suspected Woodstock murderer of former girlfriend Colleen Ritter's parents, is wanted on a federal warrant issued in August 1988...

Both the NIU men's and women's golf teams finished strong over the weekend in their respective tournaments. Huskie head coach Pam Tyska and her women's team moved from a fifth-place tie to finish second at the 20-team Illinois State Lady Redird Classic...

About $23 billion has already been spent on the B-2 "Invisible" Stealth Bomber that is 18 months behind schedule. The reason for the excessive spending and delays is that the B-2 program has a catch. To fully understand CATCH B-2, the tragi-comedy, we...

NIU's community dance school will begin a new 12-week class session today. Creative movement for three to six year olds, beginning ballet for seven to 12 year olds, teen jazz, intermediate ballet and jazz are offered. The fee is $55 per person. For more...

The NIU community had the opportunity this week to look at displays and discuss one of the biggest events in world history this year—the pro-democratic demonstrations in China. An exhibit representing the views of the Chinese government and student...

I would like to thank the Campus Activites Board for bringing in the Kinsey Report to NIU on Sept. 6 to play in Diversions for free. The show was fantastic and everyone in attendance enjoyed themselves thoroughly. I hope that in the future the CAB will...

After reading Jeff Kirik's sports column ("Gather them up and ship'em out"), that appeared in The Northern Star, Sept. 7; I began to think about the column more deeply. Certainly, the intent of Mr. Kirik's column is to satirize the recent NFL suspension...

St. Mary's Church in Sycamore plans to fill its parking lot with collectibles, new merchandise, miscellaneous treasures and recycleables for its 13th annual auction and fall festival at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday. A garage sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 4...

Although more people die each year in automobile accidents than in airline crashes, the American public's fear of air travel and airliner safety mounts with each passing incident involving the aviation industry. These fears are not unfounded, and the...