A candidate for Student Assocaition senator has filed a petition with the SA Supreme Court that could postpone this week's elections by challenging the constitutionality of the 1986 SA redistricting plan. Off-campus candidate Andy Shankman's petition...

NIU will become the second university to have a refundable $1 fee supporting the Illinois Student Association if the Board of Regents passes the fee at Thursday's Regents meeting in Springfield. ISA Executive Director Dave Starrett said the University...

Criminal charges were dismissed for all but seven political activists who were arrested while protesting budget cuts for higher education during last April's Day of Action highway blackade. At a status review hearing Friday, 46 demonstrators pled guilty...

An inquest into the death of an NIU student involved in a train/pedestrian accident during December finals week was completed and ruled accidental Thursday. The four man, two woman jury deliberated only five minutes before reaching their decision concerning...

The DeKalb County Board voted Wednesday not to sell 113 acres of county farmland in efforts to turn it into a shopping mall. This action will leave the City of DeKalb and the county at a standstill and will bring adverse effects to the community. For...

As I was reading a recent article in The Northern Star I read something that really made me wonder. It was a quote by Pam Bozeman, the former Black Student Union president, about how the black students should "forget their personal differences," and form...

In response to grad student Michael T. Adams' letter concerning the John Lennon Society: regardless of what the JLS members use as philosophical base for their political activities (using John Lennon as their ican) their appearance (dressing ‘60s style)...

Common sense seems to dictate that people don't get punished for their intentions, people get punished for their actions. To assume that Sigma Chi is so ignorant of the negative implications of performing "black face" is sheer lunancy. Mr. Callaghan's...

Congratulations are in order for first-year head coach Pete Waite and assistant coach Lori Sowatsky for directing the Lady Huskies to the North Star Tournament Championship the weekend of Nov. 19 and 20 at Chick Evans Fieldhouse. The cast of Amy Garrett,...

NIU Provost Kendall Baker has proposed to the Board of Regents a "long-term process" pay increase for instructors who receive promotions. There is no question that most instructors deserve better salaries than they currently are receiving. Anyone would...

Last week's decision to drop two key charges against former White House aide Oliver North for his involvement in the Iran-Contra affair sets a dangerous precedent for U.S. government. The charges—conspiracy and theft—were dismissed because the Reagan...

The more I read the newspaper or watch the news on T.V., the more I am aware of people who try to blame their own ignorance or stupidity on others. It is my opinion that Jeff Vogelsang's column which appeared on Dec. 5 is an obvious example of this type...