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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Your editorial of July 1, 1987, makes a very valid point; that NIU needs additional funding if it is to take on major new obligations. That is obviously an even more compelling consideration as we confront funding levels this year which will be considerably...

I am writing in response to Michael Murvihill's letter to the Northern Star. I'd like to say bravo, Mike! What an original idea, attacking Democratic deficits. Sounds like the 1980 and 1984 Presidential campaigns. But what year is it now? Isn't it ironic...

Most college students share the common fear of walking into a classroom with their zipper wide open and cole slaw hanging off their upper lip. Others actually have experienced such common nightmares. The fact is that all of us, no matter how "cool" we...

At last month's rally against racism and general minority discrimination, I, along with several others, spoke out against the intimidation and persecution of the estimated 2,500 to 5,000 gay and bisexual students on this campus. Gay Awareness Week marked...

With the spring football game, jazz concert, Springfest and other such cherished rites of NIU come and gone, only the slight matter of final exams remains before the end of another academic year. This last column, therefore, undertakes to provide a few...

The Northern Star should be commended for its recent series on discrimination. One article within the series focuses on discrimination against disabled persons. It is within this article that I am presented as a member of the organization, Students for...

At the moment the serpent seduced Adam and Eve into their fall, man became capable of the greatest good and the greatest evil. With the knowledge went the capability, and since then man has demonstrated time and time again that it is more in his nature...