I'm sure by now you've received quite a few responses to the editorial "CHANCE Fails To Achieve," printed in the Sept. 19 issue of The Northern Star. You couldn't have possibly underestimated the infuriating impact this article would have among CHANCE...

The Office of Campus Recreation's creative art center will have classes in jewelry, woodworking, ceramics, drawing, painting and photography. Classes begin the week of Sept. 25 and continue until Nov. 16. Register at OCR's service window or call 753-9424...

There have been many theories on how to crack down on drugs, but the police chief of Washington, D.C. came up with an unprecedented doosie. The work load on the chief must be a little too much because he seems to be getting delirious. In his frustration...

Over the past several weeks, I, as well as many NIU students, have followed the various antics of the SA. Each and every day, it seems as if someone is impeaching someone else, or something is declared unconstitutional, or a vote was rescinded because...

Another complaint about the tastelessness of "Rodent Speak": We don't know who Todd Persche is or what he does for amusement, but his attempts at humor in the above "comic" strip are getting old. If he has found a lighter side to the AIDS crisis (Feb....

In an age of credit cards and lay-away, it seems the easiest way to get by is to take now and pay later. The federal government has mastered that trick. But NIU students are no different. When applying for loans, students are asked whether they want a...

I am writing in response to a letter written by Michael K. Murvihill in the Jan. 31 Northern Star. This letter was a weak attempt to justify President Bush's $25 million inauguration. Mr. Murvihill's letter is a classic case of blind faith in a political...

After reading Professor Beard's letter of Feb. 16, I called Dr. David Strand, vice president and provost at Illinois State University. He informed me that there has been no discussion whatsoever at ISU about $2,000 and $3,000 salary increases for "all...

An NIU building services foreman, regarded by his co-workers and friends as a hard worker and a man who was conscious about health problems, died Feb. 14 doing what made him happiest—working. Herbert P. Plapp, 71, NIU ‘s building services foreman...

The Career Advisory Board is sponsoring orientation nights for pre-business majors tonight at 9 p.m. in Grant Towers North lounge and Wednesday at 9 p.m. in Douglas Hall cafeteria. Undergraduate business advisers, the dean of undergraduate studies and...

Two of the most influential legislators in Illinois got a lot of ink last week for two bouts of excuse making and buck passing. Gov. Jim Thompson, addressing the Illinois Board of Higher Education last Thursday, lamented Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's...

It has been said that November's elections, in which George Bush was elected president, were nothing more than an endorsement of the status quo. Bush's proposed budget to Congress for fiscal year 1990 seems to confirm the status quo theory. The budget...