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Review uninformed

January 29, 1988

In response to "Giles Pullman-Hall's" article on the spring season of the department of theatre arts, I applaud "his" concern for the department and "his" attempts to bring the theatre scene to the readers of The Northern Star. I do feel that "he" is...

Watch out for ‘fabulous’ spring break trips

January 29, 1988

"Bears ‘87" paraphernalia are available at sub-fire sale prices, holiday gifts are now appearing on your credit card statements and your roommate has finally consumed the last of your mother's inedible Christmas cookies she insisted you take back to...

Where do I sign?

January 26, 1988

I am writing in relation to the WKDI wire service. I feel the credibility of WKDI is an important factor in the station's opportunity to acquire the FM frequency. The UPI service can only add to this credibility. There are enough people in northern Illinois...

Learned new tricks

January 26, 1988

Recently, the procedures by which the Campus Security Advisory Board is being run has been criticized by The Northern Star and by some CSAB members, including myself. Gosh, perhaps we all have been a bit hasty in judging as reflections of laziness, incompetence...

Don’t ‘slam’ REO

January 25, 1988

This regards the comments in Theron Moore's rebuttal to the article on a concert at Rockford's Metro Centre. First, you say that members of REO Speedwagon and the Royal Court of China aren't "rock stars." Okay. How about if we just call them musicians?...

Defends Rockford

January 25, 1988

I am writing in response to Theron Moore's letter on Dec. 10. This is not directed at the main point of Mr. Moore's letter, but at his derogatory comment regarding Rockford. Mr. Moore states that Rockford is a "festering hell-hole." I find this comment...

Calls for boycott

January 22, 1988

It's come to my attention that Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity promoted itself as a pious organization by sponsoring a Christmas party for underprivileged children. While this is a commendable project, I see a conflict with the fact that this same organization...

Face AIDS reality

January 22, 1988

When will the president wake up to reality? If he did not continue to purchase unneeded nuclear weapons systems, enough money would be freed to find cures for AIDS and most cancers, probably feed and shelter the homeless and still go a long way toward...

WKDI needs UPI

January 22, 1988

WKDI should have the UPI newswire. No reasonable alternative methods exist for getting national news 24 hours a day. I do not regularly listen to the radio, but when I do, timely events on the news broadcast are interesting and relevant enough to keep the radio on.

Because of the limited area that WKDI has access to (cable), it does not obtain the revenues of comparable on-the-air type stations. The Student Association should therefore fund the $5,000 necessary for the newswire and even consider a $10,000 start-up cost for WKDI to go on the air. This event, in the long run, would move WKDI from a large expenditure to a large cash generator. Advertising revenues will increase and this in turn will reduce the annual $30,000 shell-out of student fees to operate the station.

elping WKDI keep the UPI and go on the air can only result in positive benefits.

Michael Cassman

SA senator

Scrap the collider; feed the homeless

January 22, 1988

Ever since Einstein the enigma of the atom has intrigued researchers. But in their enthusiasm to unravel its mysteries, much tragedy has been dumped on the human race, due to an ignorance of the laws of matter and of the universe. With the proposal to...

Our sincerest apologies

January 22, 1988

Yesterday's Northern Star editorial was accompanied by a cartoon in which a CHANCE student was depicted in what appears to be a "dunce cap." The artist's intention was to imply that over-generalized rules and restrictions treat CHANCE students like "dunces"...

Extends challenge to examine issues

January 22, 1988

In a letter to The Northern Star on Dec. 9, Steve Brown stated that I had "cleverly avoided" discussing the "morality" of love in the context of homosexuality. He also imagined that I had "attacked society." Both misunderstandings could not be further...