I am encouraging you to support Jerry Shapiro for DeKalb County state's attorney in the Nov. 8 election. Shapiro deserves the support from all of us. He has worked tirelessly for the goal of the community. He has served on the county board and has been...

assistant sports editor Don't expect Andrew Wells and Donnell Thomas to average over 25 points per game this season, but that's what the NIU sophomores have done after the Huskies' first two scrimmages. Wells, a 6-foot-7, 191-pound Dallas Comegys look-alike,...

Displeased that they were no longer allowed to attend Holmes Student Center Bookstore Evaluation Committee meetings, bookstore employees sent a letter to the committee stating they have had "the rug pulled out from under" them. The letter was sent because...

The condition of an NIU student who was struck by a car Saturday night has improved from serious to fair, a spokesman for St. Anthony's Medical Center, Rockford, said Wednesday. Andrea Ford, 19, 907 Kimberly Drive, was transferred to St. Anthony's from...

A preliminary hearing for two NIU basketball players charged with theft of a check is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. today at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Sycamore. NIU students Brian Banks, 20, 9130 S. Merrill, Chicago, and Antwon Harmon, 19, 6911 S. Dorchester,...

This is the fourth of The Northern Star's political endorsements for Tuesday's general election. In the the race for state representative in the 76th district, which includes DeKalb, John Countryman deserves a third term. Countryman is running against...

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 "teflon presidency" era of Ronald Reagan is in its final months, and it's only a matter of days before we discover who will step into the Oval Office upon Reagan's retirement. Reagan surely will leave behind him the legacy of having been one of the...

The American people will vote on Nov. 8 for the person that they want to lead them for the next four years. This cannot become a referendum on the successes and failures of the Reagan White House. This election must be America's choice of a strong and...

A workshop about home-based businesses is scheduled for Saturday in Aurora. The workshop is intended to provide help for people starting a business and was planned by NIU's Small Business Development Center and a similar center at Waubonsee Community...

I am shocked that The Northern Star is advocating a NO vote on whether a Constitutional Convention should be called. A YES vote on the Con Con issue is one possible way to avoid the seemingly never-ending spiral of tuition increases. The changes proposed...

This letter is prompted by a call I made to NIU's personnel office to inquire about the staff and faculty policy for Election Day. The first time I voted in a Presidential Election (1980) the company I worked for provided an hour of time off (paid) in...