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The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

JLS outstanding

November 29, 1988

Let me go on record as saying the John Lennon Society is an asset to the NIU campus as a WHOLE. The JLS led the total campus population when racism appeared in the form of a blatant flyer on campus. The JLS has demonstrated that they have done research...

Take off the blinders, see the issues clearly

By Marianne Renner | November 29, 1988

Hey, is CHANCE counselor Martha Palmer in jail? I'm not sure, but there is a group of students who call themselves the "Students for the Freedom of Martha Palmer." What is she behind bars or in chains or something. I don't get it...the "freedom" of Palmer?...

SA senator asserts: Speaker influenced others’ resignations

By Greg Rivara | November 28, 1988

Student Association Sen. Bill Kraemer, who was nearly impeached Nov. 20, said Senate Speaker Joe Annunzio plans to impeach about seven or eight senators before Christmas vacation. Kraemer, who the senate failed to impeach by one vote, said Annunzio is...

Picture this scene…

November 28, 1988

Thanksgiving at Jeff's What did the Monday columnist do for Thanksgiving? Allow me to take you on a little journey into...Thanksgiving at my house. Picture yourself fast asleep in your bed at home. (Assuming your parents didn't rent it out when you left.)...

NIU too quick to sanction frat

November 28, 1988

Once again, NIU has made news in the Midwest about racial tensions on campus, but apparently university officials have forgotten that in the United States one is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Sigma Chi fraternity was suspended for the acts of...

Phones important

November 22, 1988

University Police Captain James Webster was quoted in a recent article criticizing the security phone system proposed for NIU. He apparently was unaware of the facts regarding the system. The security phone system proposed by the SA Welfare Committee...

Inadequate parking

November 22, 1988

I am outraged about the parking situation here at NIU. Last semester, parking stickers were $9, so why did the price increase to $30? What is NIU trying to pull on its students? And also, there is a problem with finding parking spaces on campus. Students...

Holiday a reminder to be thankful

November 22, 1988

Each year, when Thanksgiving approaches, many of us think about the things we are thankful for. For most of us—especially college students—there's a long list. Most of us have family, friends, health, a place to live and even the chance at a college...

Do you qualify to join the JLS?

November 22, 1988

"I hereby extend an invitation to join the John Lennon Society to anyone suffering from ignorance, maladjustment problems, or behavioral dysfunction. But beware, the requirements are as elitist as they are bizarre. So unless you suffer from severe philosophical...

Escalator problem

November 22, 1988

There is a definite problem in the library with the escalator system. One question to ask is why did we really need it in the first place? If it's going to break down like that, cost a lot of money to fix, and confuse people on which side to use to go...

Back up opinions

November 22, 1988

Wouldn't it be nice to read a column in The Northern Star and find an informed, intelligent discourse on an important issue? Not so, though, with Jeff Vogelsang's Nov. 7 tirade about drug testing. Vogelsang doesn't think "anyone should be forced to take...

Steroid users risk injury, ill effects

November 22, 1988

Steriod users risk both injury and some long-term ill effects. Anabolic steroids are forms of testosterone artificially created in a laboratory. Testosterone is a hormone necessary to build muscle and is produced naturally in the human body. It is produced...

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