To the students of NIU: Congratulations. We are now known across the entire United States as part of a special group of people, as of the April issue of Time. Are NIU students nationally known for their intelligence, tolerance, love and humanity? Heck...

Like, come on, "Buffy," give me a break. Give us all, or at least those of us who can chew gum and read The Northern Star at the same time, a break. The allegation that Debra Fleischman's April 2 commentary was directed at "sorority girls" is clearly...

WKDI is presently heard on 93.5 FM through cable transmission. Due to this type of broadcast, WKDI is severely limited in listenership. Currently we reach only about 1,000 students at NIU daily. It is obvious that this system restricts growth of college...

The NIU Parking Division is an absolute disgrace. How much clearer can we students make it? There is in no way enough parking spaces available to students to handle the large amount of student-owned vehicles on this campus. So, in turn, when a student...

I'd like to respond to your March 24 editorial regarding my involvement in WKDI FM's proposed conversion to a regular FM frequency. What you failed to mention in your editorial is the projected start-up cost of $180,000 which would be required to bring...

For the past several months, people on this campus have been bombarded with information regarding the AIDS epidemic. We've been told time and again that we can minimize our risks of contamination by limiting our number of sexual partners and avoiding...

This is probably just one of many replies to Debra Fleischman's April 2 descriptive commentary on sorority girls. (Normally, I would not waste my time on something this trivial, but I decided to cast aside my lip gloss for this one.) Being a greek, I...

How many of you out there have found yourselves in a similar situation? As you're walking down one of the sidewalks at NIU, you suddenly hear the hum of a motor directly behind you, and when you turn around, there is an NIU van or pick-up truck behind...

I was personally offended by Jim Becofske's letter of March 20. In the letter, he implies that there is some correlation between holding so-called liberal beliefs and taking drugs. He also equates liberalism with being closed-minded. In my experience,...

Dave Duschene, in his March 31 column, alluded to Brigham Young University, and thereby the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, being involved in what has been called "Pearlygate." Those who have followed the controversy know that this is not...

I would like to commend Laurie Johnson for a well-written column on suicide in the March 25 issue of The Northern Star. Although I can understand the majority of her views, there is one particular statement that troubles me. She states, "The need to talk,...

One thing that has bothered me for a long time is that there is a black Greek system and a white Greek system. I am not a member of a fraternity or sorority, but I am a member of the University community, and we all affect each other whether or not we...