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...

I am very appalled at your poor coverage of the 1988 Homecoming King and Queen. It is very ridiculous that something big such as that appeared a week later in the Star! I think if you'd spend less time and space on features about block parties on Greek...

In a speech typical of the rhetoric of the Board of Regents, the president of Sangamon State University apologized for the embarrassment caused by the publicity surrounding his leave of absence for alcoholism and the charges of sexual harassment filed...

Guest speaker Mary Mihelich, assistant athletic director for promotions and marketing, gave a promotional talk about her department in front of Athletic Board members at Wednesday afternoon's Athletic Board meeting. Mihelich's report included the goals...

This letter is written in response to the comments made by Marilyn Skinner in The Northern Star of Nov. 10. In the article, which revealed the plans for the removal of the Wirtz House, Ms. Skinner made a series of statements that were blatantly sexist...

From the "Wishbone Wizard" to the "Second Base Sorcerer"? While the NIU football season came to a close last Saturday, Huskie Wishbone quarterback Marshall Taylor is still taking hits...in the batting cage, that is. Taylor, who has interested scouts from...

NIU's Institute on Deafness, which offers long-term, in-service training to persons who serve the hearing impaired, is being funded by a grant from the Rehabilitation Services Administration. Project Director Sue Ouellette said funding for the institute...

James O'Reilly, an actor and director with the Body Politic, a Chicago theater, will perform on Dec. 4 in NIU's Stevens Building. Marketing Director Alan Bernstein said, "O'Reilly is an orator, actor, director and theater manager. He's a renaissance man."...

On Oct. 27 a story ran on page three concerning the increase in the number of students who have been caught cheating in classes. A photograph of a classroom with that story with the cutline reading "Students from all academic levels with different grade...

The Campus Parking Committee, an advisory committee to William Harder, vice president for business and operations, will meet today to continue discussions about the usage of lot 20, located east of the Chick Evans Field House, and lot 38, located east...