There is a definite problem in the library with the escalator system. One question to ask is why did we really need it in the first place? If it's going to break down like that, cost a lot of money to fix, and confuse people on which side to use to go...

What will they think of, or rather, make pocket sized next? The ever expanding world of high technology in the entertainment business has produced many wondrous products over the past few years. The Walkman, the mini television and the video-cassette...

The first significant decline in the sale of parking permits at NIU is not surprising. NIU has sold almost 2,000 fewer permits this year than last year. NIU sold about 800 fewer orange stickers than last year. Orange permits are sold to students living...

After months of electioneering, Campaign ‘88 belongs to the historians and political scientists. Questions of the relative negativeness will fill hundreds of pages while analysis of the vote count should keep the finger pointers in a state of bliss...

Alas, winter is upon us once again. With freezing rain thundering upon our weary bodies and gail-force winds threatening to rip our lips off, it's getting harder and harder to slither off our cozy matresses and futons in the morning. In the literary world,...

I was appalled by the comments made by Marilyn Skinner concerning the demolition of Wirtz House. What do they teach in the Women's Studies program? She says that "women need their own place that has memories and traditions from the past," and they need...

I can't believe how much I learned by showing up to hear Chief Justice Rehnquist speak. To begin with I learned that the JLS does not know the difference between protesting and being disrespectful. I've seen many speakers whom they have supported, like...

NIU's parking committee members started to talk sense at their meeting Thursday when they considered allowing more space for students to park. Most undergraduates are paying more than four times what they paid to park last year—about $30 compared to...

I find it necessary to formally go on record as to the recent decision not to renew Martha Palmer's employment contract with NIU's Office of Special Projects in the CHANCE program. As the case stands with Tito Veneza, the decision, from my own ideological...

There is actually a project that makes a huge difference in the quality of life, one in which we can all participate. It is ending hunger. Persistent hunger (not just famine) and starvation on our planet takes a huge, not yet fully calculated, toll. No...

"The ones who need the most always seem to get the least." Similarly, in NIU's case, this statement can be best applied to the Regents' mind-blowing salary increase. As concerned students, we agree with Chancellor Groves' statement which stressed the...

Basketball season is fast approaching at NIU and I want to invite you all to join us for what I think will be a very exciting season. Yes, our squad will be young, but they are a group of young men who have worked extremely hard, have some talent and...