A Jan. 16 Star article gave a nice explanation of the Doctoral Dissertation Completion Awards that the Graduate School makes available to outstanding NIU graduate students completing their doctoral degrees. If I may correct one serious factual error in...

Tomorrow vening, President Reagan will face a national TV audience to give his State of the Union address. Hopefully, the president will attempt to shed some light on the state of disunion facing the nation that grew out of the Iran-contra affair. eagan...

The request of the Men's Volleyball Club for $7,200 seems "ridiculous" and "outrageous" when Jamie Dill presented distorted facts in the letter to the Star on Tuesday, Jan. 13. However, when one considers that the funds were to pay entry fees and traveling...

All the musicians, all the doctors, all the teachers, poets and writers, all the scientists, world leaders, mothers and housewives will be mourned this Jan. 22, 1987, the anniversary of the dread 1973 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to legalize abortion...

I had an encounter with God the other day, and he told me in strict confidence that Oral Roberts is full of it. Those weren't his exact words, but the point was well taken. For those of you who aren't exactly up on the latest Oral Roberts gossip, the...

Challenging issues call for close scrutiny, not hasty decisions. Drug testing is an example of a controversial subject challenging businesses and institutions all over the country, including NIU. Although the University Council in the past has been criticized...

It doesn't come as any surprise to me that outer space aliens have chosen Shirley MacLaine to spread their message to the world. She writes and publishes books, she is a stage and screen star, and she has stored up a reserve of credibility over the years...

Thank you for your recent article on acquaintance rapes, sexual assault and abuse. Please add the following information, which should be known by all students on the campus. Anyone who is the victim of any sort of sexual assault should go immediately...

The recreation center has been open for two years. In those two years few improvements in the programs have been made. Strange policies have been implemented to fill the inherent problems generated by existing programs. Here are some examples of what...

Some people just don't listen. Even when all indications prescribe taking a certain direction, they blindly go the other way. Last year, former NIU president Clyde Wingfield wouldn't listen when people told him it would be wrong to contract the Pow Wow...

Someone once said to me, "Wouldn't it be great if we would all just get behind the president for once? What a great country this would be." Well, I thought that was a pretty neat concept, and things haven't really changed much. Today, I believe we should...

While listening to the Huskies playing basketball against perennial Division I powerhouse, the University of Toledo, a question flashed through my brain. Where were the magnificent seven? It seemed odd. The players' names being called by the announcers...