I am a sophomore living off-campus near Greek Row. I do not have anything against the Greek System; in fact, quite a few of my friends are quite active in sororities and fraternities. I do have one complaint that other people share with me. I have an...

Bet you'll think this is childish. I don't really care. After all, that's the point of this column. You see, I'm just sitting around here wishing I were seven again. I know you 7-year-olds out there find this hard to believe, but it's the truth. And then...

Believe it or not, presidents and presidential candidates are real people. They have human flaws. They even sometimes have—as former President Jimmy Carter once said in a Playboy interview—lust in their hearts. The national media has made headline...

Someone has suggested an adaptation of the Golden Rule for sexual relationships: "For the good health of all concerned, be as honest and responsible with your lovers as you would have them be with you." onesty and responsibility in sexual relationships...

Homecoming weekend is a "traditionally important" day for DeKalb bars, said McCabe's owner Glenn Goering, and this year should prove no different. Goering said McCabe's, 323 E. Lincoln Hwy., will open at 8 a.m. Saturday morning. The first 200 customers...

On behalf of the Unity Through Diversity Week Essay Contest Committee, I wish to thank the following persons and local businesses for lending their support: Conrad Hallgren, Richard Willey, Jeff Fender and Wenke Hansen. Additionally, a debt of gratitude...

Unity Through Diversity Week is fading fast in the minds and memories of some people on the NIU campus. The spirit of community that created the week is getting lost in the "poor me" attitudes of people who obviously totally missed the point. Unity Through...

Last spring I read a letter to the editor by a JLS member that implied that anyone who criticized the JLS has no right to do so unless he or she first attended one of the group's meetings. Therefore I decided to accept this invitation by attending their...

There are some who need a cause, or should I say, a controversy with which to surround themselves. Thank you, Larry Robertson, for bringing the "Thunderbolt" publication to our attention. As you stated, it is your job to bring the concerns of minority...

Illinois has one of the toughest anti-drunk driving laws in our nation. The intent of the Illinois DUI law is to prevent people from driving when they've been drinking, and from drinking when they're going to be driving. Any driver who, having been arrested...

As the mother of a 6-year-old physically handicapped daughter, I know these barriers to be very real. Lack of ramps, curbs that are too high, broken sidewalks and lack of elevator accessibility are a few. There is no excuse that so much of the world is...

Florida has a new gun law. Anyone who's not a convicted felon or "incapacitated" can acquire a concealed weapons permit. A provision prohibiting the carrying of weapons in plain view was left out of the new law, supposedly as an "oversight." Change does...