There is actually a project that makes a huge difference in the quality of life, one in which we can all participate. It is ending hunger. Persistent hunger (not just famine) and starvation on our planet takes a huge, not yet fully calculated, toll. No...

After months of electioneering, Campaign ‘88 belongs to the historians and political scientists. Questions of the relative negativeness will fill hundreds of pages while analysis of the vote count should keep the finger pointers in a state of bliss...

Alas, winter is upon us once again. With freezing rain thundering upon our weary bodies and gail-force winds threatening to rip our lips off, it's getting harder and harder to slither off our cozy matresses and futons in the morning. In the literary world,...

I was appalled by the comments made by Marilyn Skinner concerning the demolition of Wirtz House. What do they teach in the Women's Studies program? She says that "women need their own place that has memories and traditions from the past," and they need...

I am very appalled at your poor coverage of the 1988 Homecoming King and Queen. It is very ridiculous that something big such as that appeared a week later in the Star! I think if you'd spend less time and space on features about block parties on Greek...

In a speech typical of the rhetoric of the Board of Regents, the president of Sangamon State University apologized for the embarrassment caused by the publicity surrounding his leave of absence for alcoholism and the charges of sexual harassment filed...

Guest speaker Mary Mihelich, assistant athletic director for promotions and marketing, gave a promotional talk about her department in front of Athletic Board members at Wednesday afternoon's Athletic Board meeting. Mihelich's report included the goals...

This letter is written in response to the comments made by Marilyn Skinner in The Northern Star of Nov. 10. In the article, which revealed the plans for the removal of the Wirtz House, Ms. Skinner made a series of statements that were blatantly sexist...

From the "Wishbone Wizard" to the "Second Base Sorcerer"? While the NIU football season came to a close last Saturday, Huskie Wishbone quarterback Marshall Taylor is still taking hits...in the batting cage, that is. Taylor, who has interested scouts from...

NIU's Institute on Deafness, which offers long-term, in-service training to persons who serve the hearing impaired, is being funded by a grant from the Rehabilitation Services Administration. Project Director Sue Ouellette said funding for the institute...

James O'Reilly, an actor and director with the Body Politic, a Chicago theater, will perform on Dec. 4 in NIU's Stevens Building. Marketing Director Alan Bernstein said, "O'Reilly is an orator, actor, director and theater manager. He's a renaissance man."...