A realtor representing the former Wurlitzer Corp. property said that although his firm has received several offers for the land, NIU remains the preferred potential tenant. Jonathon Miller, vice president of Equitable Real Estate Investment Management...

The Board of Regents' secret arrangement to give former NIU President Clyde Wingfield a one-year leave of absence with pay appears to be in violation of the Illinois Open Meetings Act. While it is up to the courts to decide whether the Regents' actions...

In a recent editorial, Sylvia Phillips spoke out against the use of animals in laboratory research. While I am troubled by the animal rights movement in general, I am particularly concerned when such anti-research views are expressed within what I would...

Ah, the Student Association, that impeccable composite of quality individuals, has made a brilliant decision which is sure to benefit all students. They've decided to open up their purse strings to purchase a new computer system. Thatttt's ssswell! We...

I was brought up to think that one is rewarded or recognized only after hard work and good results are achieved. The news of Clyde Wingfield's fully paid unexplained sabbatical is appalling and the exact opposite of my upbringing and that of many other...

The Reagan Administration, which recently incited a violent demonstration in Nicaragua and then professed moral outrage when President Ortega reacted by expelling Ambassador Melton and tightening internal security, reminds me of the man who killed his...

Let me respond to your July 27 editorial, "The alderman who cried wolf." Be assured I'll keep that one in the scrap book. The issue before my fellow citizens if DeKalb is what type of government do they want? Do they want an open and honest government...

This spring neither our legislature nor our governor saw fit to actively pursue a tax increase to support higher education as well as many other social services. Although the General Assembly granted us a budget that contained enough money for a 5.7 percent...

This is intolerable. I can't take this anymore. In my years here as a student at NIU I've read more crack pot hair brained letters in this paper than I can throw a stick at. Just last week Mr. Tom Rogers was kind enough to inform me that he and his associates...

I send this letter because I do not wish to be interviewed by any reporter of The Northern Star. This letter is in response to the article entitled "Dispute centers around Mitchell" of the Wed., July 20 edition of The Northern Star. I was not and I am...

The DeKalb County Special Education Association (DCSEA) recently awarded NIU their "Employer of the Year" award for participation in their student work release program. The four employers from NIU who received special recognition for their work were Gary...

NIU President John LaTourette called Kenneth Beasley, his assistant in governmental relations, "one of the country's leading experts" in the research field after he received an award for research service. Shirley Myers, administrator of Sponsored Projects...