This letter is aimed mainly at our so-called "suitcase students" and to the ungrateful Ms. Gretchyn Lenger. Her column left me with the impression that she did not care to be part of this university. Maybe she thinks that there is a better time to be...

Student Association Minority Relations Adviser Larry Robertson is seeking panel members for a forum to discuss the pros and cons of having minority organizations on NIU's campus. He needs students who are opposed to the existence of such groups. ecent...

Yesterday was Veterans Day. The day was originally set aside as Armistice Day—the day World War I came to an end. I think it's fitting the day is now celebrated as Veterans Day because no one hates war more than the men and women who have to fight it....

This is in response to Brian Silverstein's letter on Oct. 27. Mr. Silverstein, you mention that Hitler began his rise to power and no one took him seriously. Well, Mein Kampf was readily available at the time, anyone could have read it and realized what...

Cocaine is a short-action, powerful central nervous system stimulant. It is the active ingredient of the coca plant and is available in several forms for different types of consumption. While all drugs are dangerous and involve a health risk to the user,...

When are you simple-minded conservatives going to give the rest of us a very large break? I have read for at least two agonizing months about the childish riffs going on between the JLS and you CR's/newspaper editors from the Star. And if this wasn't...

What is Veterans Day? According to the Encyclopedia Americana it was "formerly Armistice Day, claimed by the President of the United States and the govenors of various states, in honor of all branches of the U.S. armed services ... to recall their sacrifices...

This poem by his dad was written in memory of Ira Lanny Scott (1947-1967) who fought against sending his college classmates to the Viet Nam slaughter while he was dying of leukemia. is spirit survives in a portion of a prayer that was constantly on his...

There is a situation developing in DeKalb that is cause for alarm. But not panic. A man wearing a ski mask and toting a gun is going around committing perhaps the most despicable act anyone is capable of—rape. And he's getting away with it, in part,...

Just two weeks after NIU's "Unity Through Diversity Week," on Sunday, Oct. 11, 14 men and women from NIU and the DeKalb area joined 200,000-500,000 gay and bisexual men and women, their families and their straight friends and supporters at the U.S. Capitol...

With the parking crunch on campus making itself felt by more and more people every day, it makes sense to assume that the number of tickets issued will increase proportionately. The NIU Parking Committee recently took a step toward alleviating some of...

It's a shame we have to make a decision between wrecking our civil rights through censorship or insulting an important group of Americans by allowing racism on our campus. Such disharmony, however, is probably one of the goals of the bigoted publishers...