The Sept. 25 SA senate meeting was great comedy if one enjoys sick humor. However, I didn't enjoy the infighting and political games I witnessed there—it made me sick. It is my sincere belief that such infighting serves only to deliver up the SA as...

Art history Professor Dimitri Liakos and mathematical sciences Professor Linda Sons will share their inside secrets of teaching today in a seminar titled, "The Freshman Experience." The seminar is one in a series, sponsored by NIU's Committee for the...

And now...the answer to the question that Northern Illinois University has been asking itself for 15 years... I don't know. Okay, okay, so I haven't been here for fifteen years, I've only been here for, well, let's just say several. But I still don't...

I am writing this letter to inform certain people about what a mistake it would be to keep attempting to crush the Student Committee on Political Action. SCOPA cares about the rights of all students and is willing to take risks to protect these rights....

It appears that voters at NIU are not the only students to walk by their obligations "fat, dumb and happy." The Student Association had better take a second look at its past track record for committee attendance before it starts to criticize students...

Webster's dictionary defines a tie as "an equality in number." NIU soccer coach Willy Roy sees a tie as not a win. "I was not satisfied," Roy said. "I'm only satisfied when we win." The Huskies went head to head with DePaul yesterday in Chicago only to...

The police search for former NIU student Richard Church, who is charged with the Aug. 21 slayings of his ex-girlfriend's parents, has extended now to Southern California. Woodstock Police Chief Herb Pitzman said although police have located Church's pickup...

Persson at home on tennis team by Chris Sigley Mats Persson is finding out it's a little easier to go to school and play tennis than it was fighting for survival in the forests back in the Swedish Army. The 24-year-old transfer from Linkoeding High School...

Speaking From the Bar Facts about sexual assault and abuse are often dismissed because people have grown up with false beliefs about why a person is sexually violated and who is responsible for the crime. Any person may be a victim of sexual assault or...

Satuday Sept. 17, the Huskie football team beat the Wisconsin Badgers for NIU's first victory over a Big Ten conference opponent. Coach Pettibone, his staff and his players deserve to be congratulated for all their hard work. It's time now for students,...

"Unity" was a word I heard and read often last week. Some people seem to think that unity is something we can win from the institution. Others seem to think a rally or a movement might bring us unity. I think there is a simpler way. One afternoon I was...

NIU's University Honors Program is sponsoring a new lecture series for all NIU students this fall. The theme is "Gods, Heroes, and Mortals: The Pursuit of Excellence and Honor." Program Coordinator Joseph Gastiger said by providing this kind of program...