While the rest of the campus community reaps the "fruits of its labors" in terms of salary increases, there are two groups of employees which still have not received increases and which are operating under wages established in July 1986. These are the...

In the Oct. 25 issue of The Northern Star two stories gained my attention. The first was about yet another NIU student and two non-students killed as a result of alcohol abuse. The second, a column by Marianne Renner about student issues: "Does the alcohol...

The NIU journalism department, The Northern Star and the entire NIU community lost a dear friend with the death of Irv Kummerfeldt this weekend. Kummerfeldt made many contributions to the university and journalism during his 27-year stay at NIU. Perhaps...

Once again the ugly head of racism has surfaced on the Northern Illinois University campus. This latest episode is most troubling in that instead of the overt predictable racism, we have been graced this time by the oft indistinguishable, highly deceptive...

The article in The Northern Star on Oct. 26 regarding travel costs reminded me of headlines in the National Enquirer. When I called Jill Stocker about the story, she explained to me that she did not write the headlines or even the lead paragraph in the...

The question of the day. Would you rather have the bookstore run by the university or a capitalist-pig infiltrated private firm? Let's look at the issues. The bookstore made $250,000 last year that went back into a bond revenue fund. This means the more...

Three of six charges of unlawful towing against Michael Fitzgerald, owner of NI Towing, were dismissed Nov. 2 because of witness unavailability on part of the city of DeKalb. However, the case has been continued until Dec. 12 in order to try by jury the...

assistant sports editor Don't expect Andrew Wells and Donnell Thomas to average over 25 points per game this season, but that's what the NIU sophomores have done after the Huskies' first two scrimmages. Wells, a 6-foot-7, 191-pound Dallas Comegys look-alike,...

Contrary to the belief of Gary Stittgen, Student Association Internal Affairs Committee member, a name change is not "the only change left" needed to resurrect the Student Committee on Political Action's respectability and accountability. Unfortunately,...

Voting is a right for which our founding fathers believed enough in to be willing to give their lives to establish a representative government. They thought it ludicrous for England to dictate to the colonies without them being allowed to have any representatives...

In just 15 days we Americans will elect our 41st President. After Nov. 8, our new chief executive had better be prepared to reach out to the needs of every citizen across our great nation. He must represent all races, sexes and religions alike. Thus,...