Reading about Sigma Chi fraternity's current troubles the thought occurs to me, that NIU Vice President Jon Dalton and other officials may have overreacted. Sigma Chi's skit in blackface is widely agreed to have been in bad taste. Consequently some people...

The Nov. 13 episode of "60 Minutes" underscored a growing problem in America's educational system. One segment dealt with a Dartmouth University newspaper editor who, after a confrontation with a professor, was suspended from school for more than a year....

Yes, The Northern Star does make mistakes. On Monday morning an irate and somewhat rude person who claimed to be a faculty member called the Star to point out what he thought was a blatant error. It seemed that a Star headline had used the word "tressel"...

Taking a ride or taking a stride. This statement accurately assesses the elevator situation for individuals living in the towers. It is absolutely ridiculous the way the elevators keep breaking down. Living on the upper floors, at times, can be very frustrating...

As NIU faculty who do research at Fermilab, we feel that the negative impact on NIU due to the Texas siting of the Superconducting Supercollider will not be as great as the article in The Northern Star implies. Fermilab will continue to be the world's...

Hi. I am currently a junior at NIU. This is my third year here and also my third year as a Sigma Chi little sister. So you probably can guess what I am going to write about. This letter is in regard to a column on Nov. 22. I guess what I should first...

It was more than a bit ironic that Durward Long, Sangamon State University president, spoke to the Board of Regents Thursday about a new sexual harassment policy at his university. Seven SSU faculty members filed charges of sexual harassment against Long...

Why don't we all look at the whale rescue like it really is for once, OK? Sure, the media jumped all over this story and made it a "national concern," but the underlying fact is that those people helping the whales to survive were simply doing their jobs...

I am replying to Jamie Leighton's letter about the JLS being "out of touch." I came to NIU this year, and I didn't know anybody. I met a few people and then I joined the JLS. It's turned out to be one of the best decisions of my life. I was surprised...

After three years at NIU, two of which I've spent studying at Diversions Lounge, I can say that one thing hasn't changed. And that is the presence of apparent homeless individuals that pursue their rest on the Diversions couches while students attempt...

Over the past 2 1/2 months, I have seen many of the idiotic moves this college makes; the Clyde Wingfield situation, the firing of Martha Palmer, the increase in salaries of our president and Regents chancellor after a $125 increase (Oh, I'm sorry, Tuition...

The one place with tighter security in Illinois than the Holmes Student Center yesterday only could have been Marion Federal Penitentiary. The difference, though, was that Marion's guards try to keep people in and NIU's University Police were trying to...