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...

There is actually a project that makes a huge difference in the quality of life, one in which we can all participate. It is ending hunger. Persistent hunger (not just famine) and starvation on our planet takes a huge, not yet fully calculated, toll. No...

"The ones who need the most always seem to get the least." Similarly, in NIU's case, this statement can be best applied to the Regents' mind-blowing salary increase. As concerned students, we agree with Chancellor Groves' statement which stressed the...

Basketball season is fast approaching at NIU and I want to invite you all to join us for what I think will be a very exciting season. Yes, our squad will be young, but they are a group of young men who have worked extremely hard, have some talent and...

I am very appalled at your poor coverage of the 1988 Homecoming King and Queen. It is very ridiculous that something big such as that appeared a week later in the Star! I think if you'd spend less time and space on features about block parties on Greek...

In a speech typical of the rhetoric of the Board of Regents, the president of Sangamon State University apologized for the embarrassment caused by the publicity surrounding his leave of absence for alcoholism and the charges of sexual harassment filed...

Guest speaker Mary Mihelich, assistant athletic director for promotions and marketing, gave a promotional talk about her department in front of Athletic Board members at Wednesday afternoon's Athletic Board meeting. Mihelich's report included the goals...

This letter is written in response to the comments made by Marilyn Skinner in The Northern Star of Nov. 10. In the article, which revealed the plans for the removal of the Wirtz House, Ms. Skinner made a series of statements that were blatantly sexist...

From the "Wishbone Wizard" to the "Second Base Sorcerer"? While the NIU football season came to a close last Saturday, Huskie Wishbone quarterback Marshall Taylor is still taking hits...in the batting cage, that is. Taylor, who has interested scouts from...