I want to take this opportunity to thank on behalf of the Poster Committee all those persons who participated in the recent "Unity Through Diversity" Poster Contest. A number of very fine posters were received which in one way or another spoke to the...

Quickie History Lesson No. 404: Last summer legislators voted down a complex tax increase package. Governor Jim Thompson followed up this action by slashing the state budget. Higher education lost $53 million dollars. NIU lost $11 million from its proposed...

All right, that's it—I'm pulling this car over. Like the fictitious Sean Thornton, I'm what you call a quiet, peace-lovin‘ man. It's not very often I engage in pointless, heated arguments with someone who will never see my point of view anyway. Just...

This is a response to a letter by Mr. Sloan, Ms. Davenport, and Mr. Higgins, on October 6th. I am a white male Protestant, and I am proud of my heritage. I am proud of a father wo bought shoes for school wit money earned picking cotton, who didn't finish...

It all started in a mall dedicated to the memory of a man who advocated civil disobedience and respect for individual rights. As I'm sure you're all well aware of by now, about 100 NIU students broke the law yesterday when they blocked traffic on Lincoln...

In the Oct. 7 column regarding the NFL strike, it was said that certain players are "breaking the back of an unnecessary union", that "there is no reason athletes need a bargaining chip to get more money" and finally, "maybe they will remember the game...

Everyone knows by now about the stock market crisis. Wall Street is on a rollercoaster ride, and no one is having any fun. Market speculators are finding out the true meaning of the word "gamble." On Monday, Arthur Kane walked into the Miami offices of...

Yesterday's Day of Action brought protest to NIU's campus in a number of forms, including a rally at King Memorial Commons and a sit-down demonstration blocking Lincoln Hwy., followed by a demonstration at The Northern Star. Considering the cold weather,...

I believe two things need to be said about the recent Unity Through Diversity week. The first is that while the basic ideas and intentions were good, some specific events were almost doomed to have poor turnouts. There are two obvious reasons. One is...

Today is the day student leaders from all over the state have been waiting for. The Day of Action. Anyone reading this should be reading it from NIU's Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commons—not from the safe, warm, neutral confines of home or classroom....

In response to College Republican President Gary Yambor, I must voice amazement at his charges. Let's analyze them: . Liberals won't debate the CRs. Gary where have you been for the last year? Consistently since the Republicans brought contra Jorge Rosales...

For nine of the last ten years, the leading cause of drug induced deaths in the U.S. has been alcohol combined with other drugs (1985 DEA Statistical Report). Alcohol is involved in more than half of all suicides. However, most alcohol/drug deaths are...