Two concerts sponsored by the school of music this weekend will feature works by NIU faculty composers. The first concert is 8 p.m. Friday in the recital hall of the school of music. The annual event will feature works by Jan Bach, Tim Blickhan, Robert...

The controversy regarding secretary of defense nominee John Tower should not be one of mere politics. One of the three arguments against Tower is his alleged past of extreme drinking, which Tower originally denied. As often happens in politics, Tower...

The College of Engineering is holding its second annual Career Day at 10:00 a.m. today in Sandburg Auditorium. The program, held in conjunction with National Engineering Week, is geared toward both undergraduate and graduate students pursuing careers...

It seems students are not the only ones to forget when their assignments are due. When the University of Illinois at Chicago told the Illinois Board of Higher Education that they wanted to move their engineering programs to nearby community college districts,...

The approval of one Bush cabinet member all but disappeared last Thursday in the shadow of controversy surrounding the nomination of John Tower for defense secretary: the Senate Finance Committee's approval of the nomination of Dr. Louis Sullivan for...

The Reagan outcry against a chemical factory in Libya was ballyhooed as a plan to produce chemical weapons. For our public via the media, former Secretary of State George Schultz publicized Libya's chemical factory, ignoring the existence of our own vast...

We are writing to set a few things "straight." On Feb. 15, an editorial was written about the overcrowding at Cook County Jail and a misleading illustration by E. Dietz accompanied it. The illustration depicted many males sleeping in one bunk and one...

We were shocked to see that The Northern Star allowed "Beachin‘ Times," a Miller Beer insert, to be carried in its paper. There has been much concern over alcohol-related deaths of our students here at Northern. And there has likewise been concern over...

NIU Provost Kendall Baker will update the Faculty Assembly on the equity of faculty salaries at the Assembly's meeting today. The meeting will begin at 3 p.m. in Holmes Student Center room 505. Baker is scheduled to speak at 4:30 p.m. University Council...

Now that the financial aid deadline has arrived, students in search of extra money to offset increasing tuiton and fees should beware of scholarships that appear to be too good to be true. Frequently, the people behind some of the services designed to...

Last weekend, another member joined The Club. Yeah, you know the one—the club established by one-time world heavyweight boxing champion Trevor Berbick. The club with such household names as Mitch Green, Marvis Frazier, James "Bonecrusher" Smith and...

I wish to respond to the criticism of the cartoon Rodent Speak that appeared in the Feb. 23 Star. Rodent Speak is, without a doubt, one of the most original and well-executed features of your newspaper. It's true that Mr. Persche's sense of humor can...