A workshop about home-based businesses is scheduled for Saturday in Aurora. The workshop is intended to provide help for people starting a business and was planned by NIU's Small Business Development Center and a similar center at Waubonsee Community...

I am shocked that The Northern Star is advocating a NO vote on whether a Constitutional Convention should be called. A YES vote on the Con Con issue is one possible way to avoid the seemingly never-ending spiral of tuition increases. The changes proposed...

This letter is prompted by a call I made to NIU's personnel office to inquire about the staff and faculty policy for Election Day. The first time I voted in a Presidential Election (1980) the company I worked for provided an hour of time off (paid) in...

Students who want a Master's of Business Administration degree can obtain information at an MBA Forum in Chicago this weekend. The forum, sponsored by the Graduate Management Admission Council, will be held at the Palmer House, 17 E. Monroe St., Chicago,...

Displeased that they were no longer allowed to attend Holmes Student Center Bookstore Evaluation Committee meetings, bookstore employees sent a letter to the committee stating they have had "the rug pulled out from under" them. The letter was sent because...

The condition of an NIU student who was struck by a car Saturday night has improved from serious to fair, a spokesman for St. Anthony's Medical Center, Rockford, said Wednesday. Andrea Ford, 19, 907 Kimberly Drive, was transferred to St. Anthony's from...

A preliminary hearing for two NIU basketball players charged with theft of a check is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. today at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Sycamore. NIU students Brian Banks, 20, 9130 S. Merrill, Chicago, and Antwon Harmon, 19, 6911 S. Dorchester,...

Well Now Talking. Sounds easy enough, we do it all the time. We chat about the weather with the person waiting at the bus stop. We dissect Monday night's game with our roommate. We share our fears about an upcoming test with our classmates. We talk about...

The long awaited 1988 Presidential election is less than a week away. Can't you just feel the tension building? How about the surge of excitement? Even though this year's race has been one devoid of any issues other than petty name-calling and childish...

George Bush is doing a great job of defining the "liberal problem" in this country. I pledge my allegiance to George for doing so. As a symbol and gesture of allegiance to George, I propose we change the name of the diploma I'm about to receive in December...

Both Ed Diedrich and State's Attorney Phil DiMarzio are well qualified to be the next circuit judge of the sixteenth judicial district, but Diedrich has more experience and is more qualified to be the next judge in DeKalb County. Diedrich has been a lawyer...

Here's something for all students who work their way through school to consider: A minimum wage, already long overdue for an increase, held at the current $3.35 rate for the next four years or more. That's what many voices in the Republican Party are...