The DeKalb County Board voted Wednesday not to sell 113 acres of county farmland in efforts to turn it into a shopping mall. This action will leave the City of DeKalb and the county at a standstill and will bring adverse effects to the community. For...

As I was reading a recent article in The Northern Star I read something that really made me wonder. It was a quote by Pam Bozeman, the former Black Student Union president, about how the black students should "forget their personal differences," and form...

In response to grad student Michael T. Adams' letter concerning the John Lennon Society: regardless of what the JLS members use as philosophical base for their political activities (using John Lennon as their ican) their appearance (dressing ‘60s style)...

Common sense seems to dictate that people don't get punished for their intentions, people get punished for their actions. To assume that Sigma Chi is so ignorant of the negative implications of performing "black face" is sheer lunancy. Mr. Callaghan's...

Congratulations are in order for first-year head coach Pete Waite and assistant coach Lori Sowatsky for directing the Lady Huskies to the North Star Tournament Championship the weekend of Nov. 19 and 20 at Chick Evans Fieldhouse. The cast of Amy Garrett,...

NIU Provost Kendall Baker has proposed to the Board of Regents a "long-term process" pay increase for instructors who receive promotions. There is no question that most instructors deserve better salaries than they currently are receiving. Anyone would...

Last week's decision to drop two key charges against former White House aide Oliver North for his involvement in the Iran-Contra affair sets a dangerous precedent for U.S. government. The charges—conspiracy and theft—were dismissed because the Reagan...

The more I read the newspaper or watch the news on T.V., the more I am aware of people who try to blame their own ignorance or stupidity on others. It is my opinion that Jeff Vogelsang's column which appeared on Dec. 5 is an obvious example of this type...

Dear Congressman Dennis Hastert, As two high school social studies teachers (people with whom you can surely identify), we are very concerned about the direction politics in this country is taking. It is evident that Americans are becoming disenchanted...

Dear readers: Welcome to the letters section of The Northern Star's Issues pages. The beginning of a new semester seems an appropriate time to reiterate the purpose of this section and the required format of letters to the editor. The letters section...

Northern is now being compared to schools like Stanford, UCLA, Johns Hopkins, U of I Champaign and UW Madison. Is it because of our academics? No. Is it because of our athletic programs? Of course not. It is because of our racist activities. Why are people...

It's unbelievably tragic but true: 18 of our world's children die as a consequence of hunger every minute of every hour of every day. While this devastation is equivalent to the bombing of Hiroshima every three days, it is also true more people have died...