Is there a war in our future? Like the U.S., the Soviets are still continuing to research and deploy new conventional and nuclear weapons systems. But will they ever be put to use? The Soviets and the U.S. have been battling each other, usually through...

When news broke about Iranscam, President Reagan later vowed to the public that investigations would not stop until it was revealed exactly who was responsible and what methods were used to funnel funds. The same attitude should be taken when it comes...

The best way to cure a spreading problem is to attack it at its roots. At least in Illinois, the recent string of teen-age suicides is being treated in this manner. The state took a giant step forward Thursday in its efforts to combat the problem by seriously...

As a member of the Student Association Speakers Committee from 1983 to 1986, I was very glad to learn of Jesse Jackson's recent speech at NIU. It is good to know that since its reorganization last spring, the new (and supposedly improved) CAB Speakers...

The recent actions of the Northern Star and other media outlets are a sad, sad indictment of the Northern Star and the news media in general. Certain groups have only to make wild accusations or allegations with little, if any, factual information or...

In light of recent bouts of racism at the university, the NIU Foundation's choice to withdraw funds from companies that indirectly support apartheid in South Africa was a wise one. The decision will have far-reaching positive implications in dealing with...

Sometimes when you get an impulse, you've just got to go with it. Words of wisdom or an invitation to disaster? Pull up a chair, fall down on the sofa or sink into your beanbag bed and we'll chat about this. Just for the time being, let's say you're like...

Come one, come all. Step right up and get your applications for Student Association loans. If the Student Association has enough student activity fees left over to (wrongly) loan money to the Gargoyle, then they'd probably be ludicrous enough to loan...

Once, in a linguistics class, I took a position on sexist language similar to that of Laurie Johnson's (Northern Star, Feb. 11). Writing about a specific type of allegedly sexist word structure, I contended, as does Johnson, that language is not the problem...

When I came to NIU as a transfer student last fall, I realized that NIU would be different than a junior college and I would see a lot of radical things, but never has any organization irritated me as much as the John Lennon Society. Since last fall,...

"What's that you're doing, Miss Wilson?" "I'm putting together a new curriculum for my science class next fall, Mr. Jones, now that Judge Hand has said that Secular Humanism is a religion in Alabama. It seems that the problem has been that I've ignored...

In recent days, Illinois taxpayers have not been too enchanted with Gov. James Thompson. Despite his campaign claims there would be no tax increases in store for the state in 1987, the governor is requesting citizens to support his planned budget through...