Editor's Note: The following column is reprinted with permission from the Spring 1987 issue of Helix, the quarterly magazine of the University of Virginia Medical Center. How many of our young people will have to be infected by the AIDS virus before we...

As president and founding member of the Frank Sinatra Society—that's FSS, for short—I have, in the past, been quite critical of the better-known John Lennon Society. Ask any JLS member who has read some of my past columns and they'll probably tell...

I was quite moved by the well researched column on gays by Mary McCoy. However, she neglected to cite the example of contemporary societies which exemplified the philosophies of her ancient authorities. The great minds of the Third Reich made the Nazi...

Children, children, must we throw our corn cobs? Now would someone mind telling me what that was all about? It seems to me like some of us have been in the cornfields a bit too long. In case it hasn't clicked yet, I'm talking about Saturday's tailgate...

I originally intended this letter to be a complimentary note on the well-written article by Mark Indreika that appeared in the Sept. 8 issue of The Northern Star concerning language proficiency of foreign teaching assistants. The article, while explaining...

It's 9 p.m. on a Friday and most NIU students of legal age are just beginning to get ready for a night out at DeKalb's bars. Some are still at happy hour. Yet there are other students, already at the bars, getting ready to check the IDs, serve the drinks,...

As if education in Illinois wasn't in dire enough straits as it is, the Chicago Public School System has figured a way to make a horrible situation even worse. The current strike by Chicago teachers, now into it's second week, has graphically illustrated...

I would like to thank Laurie Johnson for her thoughtful and stimulating commentary on the Holocaust and the human potential for cruelty and abuse of others. The many examples in history and current events of inhumane actions and victimization of others...

Your editorial of July 1, 1987, makes a very valid point; that NIU needs additional funding if it is to take on major new obligations. That is obviously an even more compelling consideration as we confront funding levels this year which will be considerably...

I am writing in response to Michael Murvihill's letter to the Northern Star. I'd like to say bravo, Mike! What an original idea, attacking Democratic deficits. Sounds like the 1980 and 1984 Presidential campaigns. But what year is it now? Isn't it ironic...

It has come to my attention that as of approximately May 25, 1987, the television antenna system at DeKalb Plaza was disconnected once again. As you may or may not be aware, the antenna system was disconnected in 1983 and cable was installed, forcing...

At last month's rally against racism and general minority discrimination, I, along with several others, spoke out against the intimidation and persecution of the estimated 2,500 to 5,000 gay and bisexual students on this campus. Gay Awareness Week marked...