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...

Dear Congressman Dennis Hastert, As two high school social studies teachers (people with whom you can surely identify), we are very concerned about the direction politics in this country is taking. It is evident that Americans are becoming disenchanted...

Dear readers: Welcome to the letters section of The Northern Star's Issues pages. The beginning of a new semester seems an appropriate time to reiterate the purpose of this section and the required format of letters to the editor. The letters section...

Northern is now being compared to schools like Stanford, UCLA, Johns Hopkins, U of I Champaign and UW Madison. Is it because of our academics? No. Is it because of our athletic programs? Of course not. It is because of our racist activities. Why are people...

It's unbelievably tragic but true: 18 of our world's children die as a consequence of hunger every minute of every hour of every day. While this devastation is equivalent to the bombing of Hiroshima every three days, it is also true more people have died...

When the going gets tough, the tough normally get going. Except in the case of the Illinois Board of Higher Education. One year before new academic standards for state university admission set by the IBHE were slated to have gone into effect, the IBHE...

President-elect George Bush, who will be inaugurated as the 41st president of the United States this Friday, seems to have the potential to be an effective leader in at least two repects. First of all, Bush's cabinet choices point to sensible decision...

The DeKalb County Board will vote on whether to sell county farm land to developers for an enclosed shopping center at tonight's meeting at 7:30 p.m. Officials from Wilmorite Inc. have offered to purchase 119 acres for $1.9 million to build a 300,000-square-foot...

I feel moved to make a few comments about the anti-racism rally of Friday, Dec. 2. As Franklin Roosevelt once said, the speakers who were present "are a credit to their race; the human race." They presented intelligent, articulate criticisms of white...

The recent coverage of the new "Stealth Bomber" just unveiled by the government got me thinking about the wisdom of producing such weaponry. This new super plane has cost the government billions to produce; each plane incidentally costs more than $500...

Findings from a one-and-a-half year study conducted by the University Council's Ad Hoc Committee on Teacher Evaluation will be presented at the council's meeting Wednesday. The meeting will begin at 3 p.m. in the Clara Sperling Skyroom of the Holmes Student...