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...

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,...

"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...

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 hunt has begun. NIU officials have offered a bounty for the capture of the quarry with hopes that soon the huntsmen will be out hot in the pursuit of...minorities. The latest step made by President John LaTourette in the university's affirmative action...

Perhaps the best way to honor the memory of someone who has died is to try to emulate the positive qualities that person exuded. Friends of Karri Boty described her in the Sept. 19 issue of The Northern Star as someone that wanted to befriend everyone....