This is in response to a letter written by an NIU alumnus which was printed Nov. 3 in The Northern Star. I've spent a lot of my time trying to help educate students on how the budget cuts are unfair and that the $150 tuition increase goes contrary to...

This university wants "unity through diversity." The university tells us (white students) we shouldn't see color; we should just see "people." NIU should practice what it preaches. ecently, I called the Office of Special Projects about the University...

I read The Northern Star editorial page Oct. 29 and feel I must comment on the editorial about the extension of Medicare benefits. Medicare beneficiaries are currently protected from the vast majority of hospital expense in a bill that has really become...

They may not have the household names As do the Mets and Yankees. But amidst the din of the Thunder Dome And the wave of Homer Hankies These men just went about their job And proved to quite a few That Minnesota was no longer A land where runners-up chant...

Times were much simpler when I was younger, when my father was afraid I'd become a homosexual. Whoa, there—I wasn't exhibiting signs or anything. It's just that, by age 12, I hadn't started dating, and when my dad was that age he had already fathered...

Opinion columnists Mike Lacy, Dan Moran and Mike Solley distorted Jim Fabris' role in the Oct. 21 Day of Action when they disparaged Fabris in their columns. Fabris demonstrated self-control outside the Nothern Star when he refused to fight a journalist...

A food drive sponsored by the John Lennon Society will start Monday. All donations will go to the DeKalb Area Food Pantry, operated by the First Methodist Church in DeKalb. The pantry provides an emergency grocery provision service to needy individuals...

We were happy to see the article "NIU student wins internship award" in the Nov. 4 Northern Star, but we'd like to correct some erroneous statements attributed to us. The article stated that Dr. Minor said "We (sociology) have departmental writing requirements....

Lynn Hammarstrom Whether or not to induct an AIDS policy similar to the one in effect at the University of Illinois is being discussed by the NIU theater arts faculty. The U of I policy, which has been in effect since spring, states, "The Department of...

In order to rid ignorance and dispell rumors about predominant minority groups at NIU, a forum was held at Grant Towers North Wednesday night, GTN Resident Assistant Dan Modaff said. The forum allowed students to ask questions and state their opinions...

Sean Noble The John Lennon Society will travel this weekend to Kent State University to participate in the Progressive Student Network's annual conference. ob Ferrera, JLS member and organizer of the trip, said a group of about 15 NIU students will join...

Lisa Rucks' letter to the Star (Nov. 3) directed toward the JLS really disturbed me. I'm personally offended by the remarks you made under the title: "To The JLS." The fact that you engage in petty name calling (i.e. "insignificant left-wing fanatics")...