Palmer this, Palmer that. Who is Martha Palmer? All I know is that she clutters up my student newspaper. I would like to request that the Star drop this issue because it is being dragged on. I would also like to see these Palmer activists let Martha fight...

Along with Greg Bliss, I, too, am unhappy with the voter turnout at the recent election. However, his remark that "people still walked past the polls fat, dumb and happy" was uncalled for. Yes, this campus reeks of apathy, but more people would have voted...

Last fall, not long after the shock of the plummeting stock market had begun to wear off, Americans were thrown yet again into a frenzy by another startling news event. It was the horrendous ordeal of Tawana Brawley. Remember her? It was late November...

Dear NIU Student Body: This Saturday, October 1, at 1:05 p.m., Northern Illinois University will play Southwest Missouri State University (Parent's Day) in a football game at Huskie Stadium. This is one of the most important games we will play this season....

DeKalb police have a prime suspect in the murder case of Lisa Garretson, 26, who was strangled Aug. 21, before her 1110 State St. apartment was set on fire. "We are looking at one individual," DeKalb Police Detective Bill Feithen said. However, he could...

I vaguely remember the first time I got an "A" on my report card. I tried to hit dad up for that bonus all my friends were getting when they brought home their report cards. Being very excited, I held out my report card, and I noticed that he wasn't as...

Perhaps the best way to honor the memory of someone who has died is to try to emulate the positive qualities that person exuded. Friends of Karri Boty described her in the Sept. 19 issue of The Northern Star as someone that wanted to befriend everyone....

As a former senator myself from Triton College in River Grove, I'd like to applaud Vice-President Greg Bliss and the Student Association. The organization saw a problem, unequal representation in the senate, so they decided to take immediate action; Blame...

DeKalb Circuit Court Judge Douglas Engel will render a decision Tuesday in the bench trial of Robert Morley, the man accused of harassing NIU Judicial Office Director Larry Bolles by telephone. In closing remarks, First Assistant State's Attorney Michael...

The Sept. 1 editorial in The Northern Star concerning student control of the Holmes Student Center made clear the editorial board's misjudgement of two important campus issues. The first issue regards a need for policy change, while the second brings...

George Bush and the Republican Party, with the aid of fellow Republicans like Harold Lindemann, have been perpetuating myths, shifting blame, and telling half-truths about the record of the Reagan-Bush administration. First of all, for Mr. Lindemann's...

NIU's Commission on the Status of Women is currently seeking nominations under its new organizational structure approved by NIU President John LaTourette in August. The commission, which serves as an advisory board and liaison between LaTourette's office...