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The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Board’s resolution

September 21, 1987

deserves applause The Board of Regents adopted a resolution Friday which clearly expresses to the legislature and Gov. Thompson the Regents' objections to the base budget cuts directed at the Regency universities. There are a lot of people who would say...

Education about AIDS crucial to our survival

September 16, 1987

Editor's Note: The following column is reprinted with permission from the Spring 1987 issue of Helix, the quarterly magazine of the University of Virginia Medical Center. How many of our young people will have to be infected by the AIDS virus before we...

The Star is ‘grateful’ to the JLS for all its ‘help’

September 16, 1987

As president and founding member of the Frank Sinatra Society—that's FSS, for short—I have, in the past, been quite critical of the better-known John Lennon Society. Ask any JLS member who has read some of my past columns and they'll probably tell...

Gay acceptance

September 16, 1987

I was quite moved by the well researched column on gays by Mary McCoy. However, she neglected to cite the example of contemporary societies which exemplified the philosophies of her ancient authorities. The great minds of the Third Reich made the Nazi...

Frightening letter

September 16, 1987

In response to the letter published Tues., Sept. 8, condemning gays: What I find truly disgusting and frightening regarding Ms. McCoy's letter is reading the second line below her name and seeing that such a mind is planning on making a future educating...

Sign of growing social awareness

September 16, 1987

I would like to thank the John Lennon Society for an event that should not be quickly forgotten. The first Lagoon Sunday must be seen as nothing less than a complete success. On first entrance into the fieldhouse, I was immediately taken with the vitality,...

NIU’s bars serve up more than just drinks

By Gretchyn Lenger | September 15, 1987

It's 9 p.m. on a Friday and most NIU students of legal age are just beginning to get ready for a night out at DeKalb's bars. Some are still at happy hour. Yet there are other students, already at the bars, getting ready to check the IDs, serve the drinks,...

Students lose out in teachers’ strike

September 15, 1987

As if education in Illinois wasn't in dire enough straits as it is, the Chicago Public School System has figured a way to make a horrible situation even worse. The current strike by Chicago teachers, now into it's second week, has graphically illustrated...

That’s hotdogs & beer, not corncobs & bottles

By Gretchyn Lenger | September 15, 1987

Children, children, must we throw our corn cobs? Now would someone mind telling me what that was all about? It seems to me like some of us have been in the cornfields a bit too long. In case it hasn't clicked yet, I'm talking about Saturday's tailgate...

More on fluency

September 15, 1987

I originally intended this letter to be a complimentary note on the well-written article by Mark Indreika that appeared in the Sept. 8 issue of The Northern Star concerning language proficiency of foreign teaching assistants. The article, while explaining...

Antenna removal

July 29, 1987

It has come to my attention that as of approximately May 25, 1987, the television antenna system at DeKalb Plaza was disconnected once again. As you may or may not be aware, the antenna system was disconnected in 1983 and cable was installed, forcing...

Potential for evil

July 29, 1987

I would like to thank Laurie Johnson for her thoughtful and stimulating commentary on the Holocaust and the human potential for cruelty and abuse of others. The many examples in history and current events of inhumane actions and victimization of others...

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