Just when it appears that all news from Washington is bleak, something happens to restore a little confidence in the government. The United States Senate voted Tuesday to approve legislation designed to protect the elderly from financial ruin resulting...

I've got a lot to say about the Day of Action, and since Dave Duschene told the crowd of protestors that the Star isn't biased because they print all of my letters, I'll take my time and say everything I have to say one letter at a time. I want to respond...

A battle against cancer will begin with the opening pitch of the DeKalb Challenge softball tournament Nov. 7 and 8. The tournament is sponsored by Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and local proprietors. Phi Sig Philanthropy Chairman Peter Zaikowski said he...

Now we know NIU students have mastered the word F--K, but if anything resembling an informed opinion has been mastered or learned, it certainly was well hidden. I'm talking about the Day of Action stampede through Swen Parson Hall. What purpose did it...

Members of the Student Association Finance Committee continued negotiations with managers from WKDI Tuesday night in an effort to resolve the radio station's financial problems. SA Treasurer Todd Lipscomb said the first problem involves missing receipts...

Some people just never understand. SCOPA Chairman Tom Rainey and SA President Jim Fischer are two of those people. Sunday night an escapade unfolded that could easily be called "NIU's Borkgate—liberal style." Yes, Jim Fischer saw fit to nominate Tom...

I'm tired of hearing editors of the Northern Star whimpering and having verbal tantrums about the JLS and one of its members. They've criticized blocking of Lincoln Highway. For guys who were against the event for the purpose of publicity, they certainly...

When you and your roommates sit down for breakfast, is it so cold in your apartment you can see each other's breath when you speak? When you go into the kitchen for an early a.m. snack, do you catch hordes of roaches picnicking on your countertops?" If...

NIU's soccer squad must not have been asking themselves "Will we beat Bradley?" but rather, "By how much?" It quickly became obvious that the only mystery about the game would be the identity of the NIU team scoring leader when all the goals were counted....

The NIU football team will be taking a trip for the Nov. 7 Parents' Day game against Western Illinois. Coach Jerry Pettibone's troops will spend Friday night before the game in Rockford's Clock Tower Inn because the Western Illinois Leathernecks will...

with Dan Moran They say pratice makes perfect. But no one ever said how long it would take. Obviously it would take more than the four-day workout I had with the NIU women's basketall team as an undercover reporter, because I was far from Larry Bird material...

A young but mighty Eastern Michigan squad had no mercy for the NIU volleyball team as the Hurons defeated the Huskies 10-15, 15-10, 15-4, 15-8 during Parents Day at Chick Evans Field House Saturday night. "We've been having trouble keeping our concentration...