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Northern Star

Unity success’ key

October 2, 1988

I laughed when a Sept. 20 editorial characterized the SA election as being similar to an election in the Soviet Union. It is apparent that the Star cannot see the forest for the trees. If the SA is dominated by greeks, it is because of student apathy,...

Plan condemned too quickly

October 2, 1988

The time is long overdue for complaints about the inadequacies of funding for higher education in Illinois to stop and constructive action to be taken. More must be taken into consideration on the part of state and university leaders than tax hikes and...

Wage bill would’ve lead to better opportunities

October 2, 1988

Have you ever had the feeling that you've been working for a long time but you're still making the same amount of money? Well, you probably have. You see, it's like this. You're in college, struggling relentlessly to get an education. You can't work full...

Two professors to share inside teaching secrets

September 29, 1988

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...

Let’s drop the attitude, try a few smiles today

September 29, 1988

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...

Continue SCOPA

September 29, 1988

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....

Get the facts first

September 29, 1988

I usually don't read your paper but the article about Grant Tower North's window being broken caught my attention. Why did you hold GTN staff responsible for something they didn't have any control over? Why did you once again misquote people? Why did you talk about issues such as no shoes? People here are 18-20 years old. They have eyes—I'm sure they can figure out that broken glass means wear shoes. And why, if your reporter was so offended, didn't he pick up the glass?

It's easy to down someone else's job if you've never done it. Instead of waiting for "newsbreaking" things to happen, why don't you try to stop them before they happen? That's what resident assistants do. RAs do not do this job for power or for the ever-famous "own room." If I wanted a job that just screwed people over, I'd become a Northern Star reporter. If I just wanted my own room, I'd buy a single. Next time, please get the facts before slandering others.

Kim Antos

resident assistant

Grant Towers North

Replace coalition

September 29, 1988

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...

Attendance needed for voice

September 28, 1988

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...

NIU and Blue Demons finish equally

By Bob Regan | September 28, 1988

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...

Search for Church extends to Calif.

September 28, 1988

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...

Get out to tailgate

September 27, 1988

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,...