What's going on here? Has the award-winning Northern Star commenced a policy of non-reporting? Thursday, Feb. 5, over 120 people gathered in Kings Commons to rally against the testing of nuclear weapons in Nevada. The Northern Star covered the event with...

More on the National Guard going to Honduras. I have been in the Illinois National Guard for a little over a year. During the year I spent 14 weeks at Fort Benning, Georgia. There I went through training in warfare of all sorts. My job in the National...

A simple incident happened to me recently that inspired me to write. It's rather a silly incident, but to me it symbolizes the University as a whole. While walking to the ride board in the student center, a lady behind the desk near me asked if I could...

In reference to your article regarding the incident at Grant Towers North on Feb. 7, it makes me furious to hear what Alvin P. Davis was quoted as saying. As a Graduate Student Adviser who gets paid by NIU, has his room and board fee waived, and receives...

This letter comes with lamentable regret and with the concomitant aim of clarifying the misunderstanding regarding the assertions made in the Northern Star. As you are well aware, the Northern Star purportedly reports that my response to a question regarding...

Not too many people would be willing to pay for mistakes made by others. After all, individuals are responsible for their own actions and therefore should be held responsible when they err. But apparently, the President's Fee Study Committee doesn't think...

TV private investigator Thomas Magnum, so elegantly portrayed by housewife heartthrob Tom Selleck, often speaks of a "little voice" that warns him trouble is imminent or that he is doing the wrong thing. I too have a little voice. Its main job is to warn...

In response to the Star's Feb. 9, 1987, editorial: "Parking fee boost unwisely rejected," I feel it is important for all students who drive cars on campus to understand all the issues involved with a fee increase and why I, as a student representative...

Normally, spending money on campus-related items is enough to make students cry. But the NIU Alumni Association is attempting to raise funds for a cause which is utterly laughable. The association has come to the conclusion our loveable mascot, Victor...

A front page article in the Feb. 6 Northern Star gives the mistaken impression that the commissioning of the Byron nuclear reactor will be a strong factor in the site selection of the new particle accelerator, the Superconducting Super Collider. In reality,...

When in a group, some people complain and criticize to no end when they feel they've been slighted. But when those same individuals are presented with an opportunity to benefit by airing their grievances, many will succomb to the insecurity of individuality...

I want to personally thank you for your editorial "NIU can lend hand to AIDS education" which was printed Feb. 2, 1987. It was well written and sesitive to the problems which face many college campuses. Your point is well taken. We all need to be educated...