If he is speaking from his past experiences, then David Duke certainly should recognize a racist individual when he sees one. However, it is questionable that accusations declaring Jesse Jackson as racist will help the ex-Klu Klux Klan grand wizard improve...

For more than a year, NIU and the Board of Regents have been conducting surveys and trying to find a way to curb the high dropout rate of minorities in the CHANCE program. As the program is now, CHANCE students are guided and counseled only their freshman...

The recent efforts of the Soviet Union to mediate peace between nations of the Middle East is admirable, even if such moves seem somewhat premature considering existing conditions. However, in dealing with Iran, the USSR is becoming a little too friendly....

Before the 1989 season began, Chuck Ehrlich knew tonight's triangular with Penn State and Iowa would be a difficult meet to win. However, there was no way the NIU men's gymnastics coach could have predicted that he would face the two national powers with...

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,...

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...

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...