Jon Dalton, vice president for student affairs, and DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow will be pouring non-alcoholic beverages for NIU students on Wednesday to promote National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week. "We do acknowledge that alcohol use is an issue...

Constantly we students are reminded that there is a racism problem at NIU. There have been various accounts to support this propaganda. We've read of a magazine against black students that was passed around Greek Row, and other racist problems. There...

NIU student Regent Nick Valadez has proposed making voter registration part of class registration procedures in the Holmes Student Center Ballroom. Before anyone says, "But I'm already registered to vote at home," be honest about this. It's unlikely there...

One of these days I'd like to sit down and have a heart to heart talk with some of the radical political activists on campus and discuss just what motivates them to act in a particular way. We can discuss things such as letter-writing campaigns, demonstrating...

Some time ago, Steve Saltzmam Jr. sent in a poem penned by the immortal poet "anonymous." After its appearance in The Northern Star, there were several letters critical of its content. I saved the poem in question and feel compelled to write this letter...

The White House habitually claims it "stops communism" when it invades another small nation, and, in exchange, a plan for imposing fascism in our nation may have evolved. Congressman Jack Brooks, D-Texas, asked at the Contragate hearing, but was silenced...

The students and legislators of Illinois have a legitimate complaint about the difficulty in a classroom run by an instructor speaking poor English but their legislative relief is aimed at the wrong target. The real culprit is the ever-worsening practice...

Regarding a recent letter to the editor where a reader expressed hope that people would be "enlightened before this Satan worship thing gets out of control,"(Sept. 25). People are entitled to their own opinions. Some may view satan worship as cause for...

Every now and then, a problem arises that draws a group of individuals together in an effort to find a solution. In recent weeks, the Student Committee on Political Action has served this capacity while dealing with the tuition increase package forced...

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...