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...

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 Sept. 1 editorial in The Northern Star concerning student control of the Holmes Student Center made clear the editorial board's misjudgement of two important campus issues. The first issue regards a need for policy change, while the second brings...

George Bush and the Republican Party, with the aid of fellow Republicans like Harold Lindemann, have been perpetuating myths, shifting blame, and telling half-truths about the record of the Reagan-Bush administration. First of all, for Mr. Lindemann's...

NIU's Commission on the Status of Women is currently seeking nominations under its new organizational structure approved by NIU President John LaTourette in August. The commission, which serves as an advisory board and liaison between LaTourette's office...

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....

As a former senator myself from Triton College in River Grove, I'd like to applaud Vice-President Greg Bliss and the Student Association. The organization saw a problem, unequal representation in the senate, so they decided to take immediate action; Blame...

DeKalb Circuit Court Judge Douglas Engel will render a decision Tuesday in the bench trial of Robert Morley, the man accused of harassing NIU Judicial Office Director Larry Bolles by telephone. In closing remarks, First Assistant State's Attorney Michael...

Thanks so much for explaining the new art work outside Adams Hall. I have been wondering what exactly that thing was supposed to be. You see, I was sure that it was an unfinished dog house or perhaps some wood for a dorm loft. Of course I was unaware...

The letter from Bruce M. Foiles entitled, "Citizen's Complaint," Sept. 16 struck a chord with me. I, too, have been bothered by the noise pollution around here. Three weeks ago one of my neighbors decided to throw a party on Thursday night. And he decided...