Instead of being barraged by which candidate is in its best interest to vote for, lately the American public has, instead, just simply been told to vote. MTV sports clips from today's popular-music personalities advised viewers to get out and vote on...

NIU should move carefully before deciding whether to lease or to sell the Holmes Student Center Bookstore to an outside vendor. The operation of the Pow Wow restaurant by an outside vendor has left a bitter taste for much of the university community....

The conference of the National Burma Studies Group and the Conference on Thai Studies will convene at NIU today through Sunday in Swen Parson Gallery. The purpose of the conference is to study "all aspects of Burma and Thai culture and academic life."...

Picture this: It's Friday, you're on your way home or on your way to a friend's house for the weekend, driving along in your luxury budget-mobile. As you approach the interstate on-ramp, you perceive an old model Buick Regal preparing to merge into heavy...

This is in response to the columns written by Gretchyn Lenger. Your first article complained about life at NIU and was addressed to freshmen. Freshmen—the ones who come here with awe in their eyes and anxiety in their hearts, and you give them an article...

In response to the Oct. 4 column by Marianne Renner, I was thoroughly appalled. Ms. Renner's column was filled with repetition. She gave the top five reasons for not allowing minors into the bars, and as I read, I found reasons one and two saying that...

In regards to Jill Stocker's Sept. 29 article and the Oct. 5 editorial on "childish" Math 101 students, granted, college math courses are not designed to "spoonfeed" students. However, "core competency" should test a student's ability to logically draw...

I must say that I found Jeff Vogelsang's column on the minimum wage bill very interesting .05 average. I hate to be the one to burst your bubble, Jeff, but raising the minimum wage increases poverty. Wages are a price for labor, and that price should...

Platform:Diedrich said he is committed to keeping DeKalb Conty a safe place to live. He said his commitment to serving the law will help him punish drug dealers to the fullest extent. Diedrich said that DeKalb County will not be a safe haven for drug...

As election day approaches, the Republican party is attempting to make up for eight years of neglect with wonderful promises of environmental reform to come. Of course the head of this reformist movement is George Bush. After eight years of sleeping on...

Platform: Miller said he wants to keep the public abreast with the office of coroner. Through public involvement, the office of coroner can keep the public aware of problems like alcohol and drug related deaths, Miller said. Miller said his office has...

Several years ago after a trip to the Soviet Union, I was given a page taken from Penthouse Magazine as a joke, and I like to keep it on the bulletin board in the editorial office. Now, before you jump to any rash and unfounded conclusions regarding my...