The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Costa Rican President Oscar Arias evokes the ultimate nightmare the Reagan regime dreads—the break-out of peace in Central America. The argument against the peace plan is that it can not succeed. Yet, if it's...
I'm writing regarding the Facebook article published yesterday. It took everything I had to keep from laughing uncontrollably at the sheer stupidity of the "outrage" over the new Facebook "News Feed" feature. All I can say is, "What did these people expect?" You take your personal information and voluntarily put it up on the Web, where anyone can see it, and then complain that people can see your personal information?
Facebook is not putting up who your favorite band is on your profile or what celebrities you like or your Social Security number, locker combination, phone number or whatever else these people put up on their profiles. These people put up this personal information themselves. So Facebook is making it "easier" to see what someone is doing. Big deal.
The solution is simple: If you don't want people to look at your "personal" information (and I use the word personal loosely, as information posted on the internet is anything but personal), don't post it on the Internet. You want to make sure people can't "watch every single step you take"? Then don't tell the entire world who you're dating or what you're doing Friday night via your Facebook profile. Better yet, delete your Facebook/Myspace profiles altogether and go back to stalking "that cute guy/girl in your psych class" the old fashioned way — with good old hard work and binoculars.
Chlamydia is: (a) a flower; (b) a spermicidal agent used in condoms; (c) the most common sexually transmitted disease; (d) a recent heavy loser in the stock market. Those who correctly answered (c) know more about chlamydia than the majority of the population....
I would like to respond to Mr. Nolan's letter from the Oct. 22 Northern Star. Evidently he felt that the Gay/Lesbian Union's participation in Unity Through Diversity Week was a disservice to the community. I feel Mr. Nolan, despite his assertations, lost...
Imagine how the public would react if it was discovered we were printing The Northern Star from the basement of J.P. Hannigans. We would be working there because they would serve us beer and pizza while we produced the paper. There would be uproar, even...
Student apathy. In the three years I've been attending NIU I have heard people accuse students of being apathetic many times. NIU students are supposedly only "suitcase students," preferring to live out of their cars and only sleep on campus. Only recently,...
The NIU Athletic Department might have taken the turn last week that will point it in the direction of the light at the end of the tunnel. At a Thursday press conference, NIU President John LaTourette named Gerald O'Dell to the department's athletic director...
In regards to Nora Schattke's letter from Oct. 19 concerning the problem of "promoted" racism at NIU I would like to say I couldn't have said it better myself. I see no reason for any group which exercises segregation practices of any kind to be allowed...
In his Oct. 22 column regarding the Day of Action, Mike Lacy went on for 70 lines to insult a group of NIU students. I do not personally subscribe to many of the "hard-core liberals" points-of-view. I, as Mike Lacy, regard myelf as a fairly realistic...
The members of the DeKalb Senior Centers' Legislative Committee urge you to vote "YES" on the social service advisory referendum appearing on the DeKalb Township ballot Tuesday, November 3rd. Passing the advisory referendum will not raise your taxes....
This is in answer to Gretchyn Lenger's column about "Thunderbolt." I would respectfully like to thank you for sharing your opinion. However, I strongly disagree with your views. It's true first amendment rights are an integral part of this country's belief...
I have worked on the NIU campus some 26 years. Many, many times during the past I have been tempted to write the Northern Star to express my displeasure with some facet of the operation. I have never done so. I am writing now, not to criticize, but to...
