"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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...