Ah, the last column of the semester. You don't know how happy this makes me—not to be writing for the last time, mind you, just to know that after this week and a few exams, it'll all be over. Until next semester that is. Unlike me, some of you lucky...

When I got backstage passes for REO Speedwagon's Thursday performance at the Rockford MetroCenter, I never thought I'd end up partying with them until 4 a.m. The whole night for me, and our photographer Jeff, surpassed the high expectations I already...

Were the senators drunk again when they voted against funding for a UPI news wire at WKDI? Maybe they were just stupid. Well, put on your thinking caps, senators. Would the FCC give WKDI a license to go on the air without a news wire? No. WKDI is competing...

The push for a new NIU constitution has been in progress for most of this semester, yet the ramifications and even the details of the proposed changes to the document have remained fuzzy at best. What is alarming is that the changes now are scheduled...

After reading the article in the Star on Nov. 30 about a stray dog who bit four people, I am totally disgusted and outraged! Sure, there are a lot of stray animals running around this campus, but did you ever notice that this is always happening around...

When I first sat down to write a letter to the editor, I was puzzled. I didn't know if I wanted to express my feelings about the small section devoted to the late Mayor Harold Washington or express my feelings concerning his sudden and unexpected death....

Dave Bensinger's letter to the Star published on Nov. 30 touched me deeply—so deeply I thought I would offer to begin a fund so Mr. Bensinger could retire from this community and play with his new group, S.P.U.D.S, in a place where he wouldn't be bothered...

The Dec. 3 editorial has to be the best explanation of why we have general education course requirements that I have read. Indeed, there have been lots of letters printed in The Northern Star regarding the uselessness of gen. ed. courses. But, I have...

There are a lot of things everyone ought to be old enough to know by the time they enter college. There are at least two that some NIU students haven't mastered: You don't steal stop signs, and you don't set your pets free when you get tired of them....

My friend Paul and I were sitting in the Pow Wow a few weeks ago when we spied a mutual friend looking for a place to sit down. "Hey Pete." A voice called through the Pow Wow room, filled with a noisy lunchtime crowd. "Oh, Paul, didn't see you. How's...

Fundamentalist Christians very rarely write to tell us about the many statements by Christianity's Founder which oppose all discrimination, oppression and bigotry. Like the powerful religious leaders who executed Jesus 2,000 years ago, they are obsessed...

The Star's story on the Montgomery renovation needs clarification—otherwise it is a fine story, and I compliment you on it. President LaTourette and Provost Baker are quoted as saying the Montgomery renovation is being done to accommodate the Plant...