In an age of credit cards and lay-away, it seems the easiest way to get by is to take now and pay later. The federal government has mastered that trick. But NIU students are no different. When applying for loans, students are asked whether they want a...

There have been many theories on how to crack down on drugs, but the police chief of Washington, D.C. came up with an unprecedented doosie. The work load on the chief must be a little too much because he seems to be getting delirious. In his frustration...

I am writing in response to a letter written by Michael K. Murvihill in the Jan. 31 Northern Star. This letter was a weak attempt to justify President Bush's $25 million inauguration. Mr. Murvihill's letter is a classic case of blind faith in a political...

After reading Professor Beard's letter of Feb. 16, I called Dr. David Strand, vice president and provost at Illinois State University. He informed me that there has been no discussion whatsoever at ISU about $2,000 and $3,000 salary increases for "all...

Two of the most influential legislators in Illinois got a lot of ink last week for two bouts of excuse making and buck passing. Gov. Jim Thompson, addressing the Illinois Board of Higher Education last Thursday, lamented Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's...

An NIU building services foreman, regarded by his co-workers and friends as a hard worker and a man who was conscious about health problems, died Feb. 14 doing what made him happiest—working. Herbert P. Plapp, 71, NIU ‘s building services foreman...

The Career Advisory Board is sponsoring orientation nights for pre-business majors tonight at 9 p.m. in Grant Towers North lounge and Wednesday at 9 p.m. in Douglas Hall cafeteria. Undergraduate business advisers, the dean of undergraduate studies and...

The College of Engineering and Engineering Technology offers a class called "disaster preparedness" to engineering majors and other NIU students when there is sufficient demand. Technology Professor Frank Gruber said the class is usually offered every...

NIU's 1989 Greek Week kicked off Sunday afternoon with an torch run through Greek Row and Greek Sing, a three hour variety show held in the Holmes Student Center Duke Ellington Ballroom. Rob Perry, Interfraternity Council chairman for Greek Week, said...

It has been said that November's elections, in which George Bush was elected president, were nothing more than an endorsement of the status quo. Bush's proposed budget to Congress for fiscal year 1990 seems to confirm the status quo theory. The budget...

One could legitimately question whether the police have the right to remain silent about recent arson-related vandalism at NIU. Apparently, last weekend's fire in the Holmes Student Center was not the only arson to touch NIU lately. Several other similar...

The Iran-Contra scandal was the greatest threat to our Constitution since the Civil War, and we as a nation chose to ignore it. When a few people are able to run our government without the knowledge of Congress and its elected members, is there any justification...