In the wake of Thursday's student protest at the Board of Regents meeting, new questions need to be raised about the Regents' willingness to hear from constituents. It is a shame students feel they must stage a protest in order to speak at Regents' meetings....

To about 125 drunken students roving around my back yard about 1:16 a.m., drinking and barking like Fido. You're lucky I didn't arrest the whole kennel for drunkenness, the violation the City of DeKalb can collect $500 fine per person, and this is expensive....

The Student Association has invested its money well in the Mass Transit Board's new, night ride service. Now it's the students' turn to take advantage of a good thing. The service now offers free rides to NIU students in need of rides home from computer...

I may be a freshman, which in turn makes one assume that I have a fully biased opinion. I will, though, support my facts and oppositions fully, unlike the author of "Freshman Needn't Bring Cars." I'll simply call the author "Jed" to simplify this note....

Guest Column There must be a great deal of black humor in being black within the racist environment of this institution of higher education called Northern Illinois University. Analogous judgments can be offered for the plight of women on the faculty...

In the Sept. 1 issue of The Northern Star, Mr. Clifford Hughes treated us to a lecture on "ideological myopia" and "mental encumbrance" concerning the Contra picture on Aug. 31. What Mr. Hughes overlooks is that a number of Contras are leaving rather...

I stopped home last Saturday afternoon to run a few errands and catch up on some of those family responsibilities that mothers are always reminding their children to do. It was a nice change of pace for a Saturday afternoon. So after I had accomplished...

In response to Ms. Renner's column in the Sept. 6 edition of The Northern Star, the main issue before the people of DeKalb is, what type of government do we want? Do we want a closed and secretive government or do we want an open and honest administration?...

With the bungling bureaucracy and the terminal case of committeeitus prevalent here at NIU, many items and problems slip through cracks in the floor, where they stay until a roaring blaze is set under the administration. Unfortunately, such is the case...

When I was in grade school, I learned that two plus two equals four. When I was in junior high, I learned that girls were not that bad after all. In high school, I learned that my older brother was not joking when he said that the cafeteria food was like...

In the letter to the editor titled "Claims unfounded" by one of the other CHANCE counselors in the office; he is right when he says it has been an interesting few months in our area. It has been an interesting three years! This past year has been more...

The Faculty Senate Task Force, an arm of NIU's Faculty Assembly, will meet Wednesday to discuss the possible formation of a faculty senate at NIU. Last year, the Faculty Assembly discussed the possibility of replacing itself with a faculty senate which...