University Police Captain James Webster was quoted in a recent article criticizing the security phone system proposed for NIU. He apparently was unaware of the facts regarding the system. The security phone system proposed by the SA Welfare Committee...

I am outraged about the parking situation here at NIU. Last semester, parking stickers were $9, so why did the price increase to $30? What is NIU trying to pull on its students? And also, there is a problem with finding parking spaces on campus. Students...

Each year, when Thanksgiving approaches, many of us think about the things we are thankful for. For most of us—especially college students—there's a long list. Most of us have family, friends, health, a place to live and even the chance at a college...

"I hereby extend an invitation to join the John Lennon Society to anyone suffering from ignorance, maladjustment problems, or behavioral dysfunction. But beware, the requirements are as elitist as they are bizarre. So unless you suffer from severe philosophical...

There is a definite problem in the library with the escalator system. One question to ask is why did we really need it in the first place? If it's going to break down like that, cost a lot of money to fix, and confuse people on which side to use to go...

Wouldn't it be nice to read a column in The Northern Star and find an informed, intelligent discourse on an important issue? Not so, though, with Jeff Vogelsang's Nov. 7 tirade about drug testing. Vogelsang doesn't think "anyone should be forced to take...

Steriod users risk both injury and some long-term ill effects. Anabolic steroids are forms of testosterone artificially created in a laboratory. Testosterone is a hormone necessary to build muscle and is produced naturally in the human body. It is produced...

The first significant decline in the sale of parking permits at NIU is not surprising. NIU has sold almost 2,000 fewer permits this year than last year. NIU sold about 800 fewer orange stickers than last year. Orange permits are sold to students living...

What will they think of, or rather, make pocket sized next? The ever expanding world of high technology in the entertainment business has produced many wondrous products over the past few years. The Walkman, the mini television and the video-cassette...

I can't believe how much I learned by showing up to hear Chief Justice Rehnquist speak. To begin with I learned that the JLS does not know the difference between protesting and being disrespectful. I've seen many speakers whom they have supported, like...

NIU's parking committee members started to talk sense at their meeting Thursday when they considered allowing more space for students to park. Most undergraduates are paying more than four times what they paid to park last year—about $30 compared to...

I find it necessary to formally go on record as to the recent decision not to renew Martha Palmer's employment contract with NIU's Office of Special Projects in the CHANCE program. As the case stands with Tito Veneza, the decision, from my own ideological...