They may not have the household names As do the Mets and Yankees. But amidst the din of the Thunder Dome And the wave of Homer Hankies These men just went about their job And proved to quite a few That Minnesota was no longer A land where runners-up chant...

Two weeks ago, my column dealt with how NIU is a massively boring place. I bemoaned the fact that too many students leave every weekend, turning NIU into a ghost town. I still think this would be a much more happening place if more students would just...

The NIU Executive Cabinet has announced that students working in university jobs will not receive raises this spring. The reasons given are the reduction in availability of general revenue funds from which to pay students and the fact that faculty and...

Lately there has been intense competition among many liquor establishments for the liquor business on Greek Row. As the Sigma Phi Epsilon treasurer, I found that the best price and service was from McCabe's. Furthermore, Bob Goering, one of the owners,...

This is in response to a letter written by an NIU alumnus which was printed Nov. 3 in The Northern Star. I've spent a lot of my time trying to help educate students on how the budget cuts are unfair and that the $150 tuition increase goes contrary to...

This university wants "unity through diversity." The university tells us (white students) we shouldn't see color; we should just see "people." NIU should practice what it preaches. ecently, I called the Office of Special Projects about the University...

I read The Northern Star editorial page Oct. 29 and feel I must comment on the editorial about the extension of Medicare benefits. Medicare beneficiaries are currently protected from the vast majority of hospital expense in a bill that has really become...

Times were much simpler when I was younger, when my father was afraid I'd become a homosexual. Whoa, there—I wasn't exhibiting signs or anything. It's just that, by age 12, I hadn't started dating, and when my dad was that age he had already fathered...

Opinion columnists Mike Lacy, Dan Moran and Mike Solley distorted Jim Fabris' role in the Oct. 21 Day of Action when they disparaged Fabris in their columns. Fabris demonstrated self-control outside the Nothern Star when he refused to fight a journalist...

A food drive sponsored by the John Lennon Society will start Monday. All donations will go to the DeKalb Area Food Pantry, operated by the First Methodist Church in DeKalb. The pantry provides an emergency grocery provision service to needy individuals...

We were happy to see the article "NIU student wins internship award" in the Nov. 4 Northern Star, but we'd like to correct some erroneous statements attributed to us. The article stated that Dr. Minor said "We (sociology) have departmental writing requirements....

Lynn Hammarstrom Whether or not to induct an AIDS policy similar to the one in effect at the University of Illinois is being discussed by the NIU theater arts faculty. The U of I policy, which has been in effect since spring, states, "The Department of...