The Board of Regents' days of governing NIU might be drawing to a close shortly. It's about time. A new bill to be introduced by State Sen. Patrick Welch, D-Peru, to separate NIU from the Regency governing system has earned support from State Rep. John...

The long awaited 1988 Presidential election is less than a week away. Can't you just feel the tension building? How about the surge of excitement? Even though this year's race has been one devoid of any issues other than petty name-calling and childish...

George Bush is doing a great job of defining the "liberal problem" in this country. I pledge my allegiance to George for doing so. As a symbol and gesture of allegiance to George, I propose we change the name of the diploma I'm about to receive in December...

Both Ed Diedrich and State's Attorney Phil DiMarzio are well qualified to be the next circuit judge of the sixteenth judicial district, but Diedrich has more experience and is more qualified to be the next judge in DeKalb County. Diedrich has been a lawyer...

Here's something for all students who work their way through school to consider: A minimum wage, already long overdue for an increase, held at the current $3.35 rate for the next four years or more. That's what many voices in the Republican Party are...

While George Bush has repeatedly told the American public that there is nothing wrong with the economy. There has to be something that is not quite right when there is massive deficit that is being ignored, and the present administration has decided that...

I saw something that really bothered me today. It was a flyer done by the NIU College Republicans depicting Michael Dukakis as a flaming Communist (sickle in hand) with Lenin lurking in the shadows thinking "maybe we can put an ally in the White House...

On election day, the League of Women Voters of DeKalb County urges our fellow citizens to vote "NO" on the question of whether to hold an Illinois Constitutional Convention. In a statewide study, 96 percent of the participating League members opposed...

Well Now Talking. Sounds easy enough, we do it all the time. We chat about the weather with the person waiting at the bus stop. We dissect Monday night's game with our roommate. We share our fears about an upcoming test with our classmates. We talk about...

A letter by the Student Association senate critical of the University Council's discussion about removing the Judicial Office's role in fraudalent registration classes is short-sighted. The letter states the SA is "vehemently against the elimination of...

I opened a piece of mail from the university last week and the room went black. I was so angry my chin started to quiver and I began to pace the kitchen in quick, heavy steps. The source of my fury was a response letter from the NIU Parking Division....

I woke up, did the daily routine: shower, coffee, etc., came into the office and was all ready to sit down and write about a sex survey in Glamour Magazine. It was really ridiculous anyway so when something swayed me to change the idea, I wasn't really...