It's time for students to write to their representatives and encourage "yes" votes on Illinois House Bill 728, which would give limited voting rights to student members of the Board of Regents. Currently, student regents can make and second motions, sit...

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...

Summer. It turns me upside down. Summer, summer, summer. It's like a married blow clown. Are those the words? I've never been sure. But then, I never know what to expect from anything associated with summer, that most glorious of seasons. Close your eyes...

It seems NIU never will escape the stigma created by Clyde Wingfield. It appears it might take twice as long for the former president to admit his wrongdoing. The Auditor General's forthcoming supplement to a recent report, which details misspending on...

While reading Mr. Duschene's April 14 column on the draft, I paused after the sentence, "We haven't gotten where we are today on the backs of people afraid to defend the American Way." Is "where we are today" an admirable position and the "American Way"...

Regarding Dave Duschene's column on the JLS and the draft, Mr. Duschene's belief that a foreign war should not be met with apprehension or fear by the young men of our country saddens my heart. If the presence of the resistance movement had not been so...

The trend in our society of late is to discuss everything. The liberal penchant for free discussion of any controversial and previously taboo subject has gone awry with the two most popular topics of the day: teen suicide and sex education. The old saying...

Well now In the early 1970s, students at Wayne State University and the University of Massachusetts (Boston) were questioned about suicide thoughts and suicide attempts. Of the 293 students surveyed, 65 percent indicated they had considered suicide on...

NIU President John LaTourette would have gotten a big red ‘F' in a public relations course after the press conference he held this week. Why public figures at this university insist upon trying to cover up blatant wrongdoings of the past is beyond me....

It is a well-known fact that the Soviets use uneducated peasants in the Third World or well-meaning college students to further their goal of world domination. However, there is no excuse for a sociology professor with a Ph.D. to be so ignorant. I'm referring...

Having belatedly come across the incredibly negligent sports column by Dave Tuley dated Jan. 14, 1987, I rise to defend the reputation of Kenny Battle, not only because he is a valued friend, but because such irresponsible journalism cannot go unchallenged....