So, I was the one who ended up sick at our house over Halloween.Go figure. We didn't go anywhere the entire weekend, period. We even missedtrick-or-treating. Luckily, Babycakes is 2 and didn't know the difference. She feltquite satisfied with the Halloween...

International climate negotiations for a global climate treatyare not producing the required results in the given amount of timeleft before the Copenhagen conference in December, diminishing thehopes for a resolution at this conference. Major polluters...

To our readers, The first print edition of the Northern Star for this semester will hit newsstands on Aug. 21. The issue will be our annual back to school edition. The first regular print edition of the Star will be out the first day of fall classes,...

Today's edition of the Northern Star will be the only regular print edition for this summer. We will continue to publish online during NIU's summer session, right here at www.northernstar.info. Breaking news will be posted immediately, and the site will...

While Matt Wier's column on abstinence before marriage is well-intentioned, its distortion of the truth is saddening. There is nothing wrong with waiting for marriage before engaging in sexual activity, but it is just a choice. It is not the right choice;...

You ask for abstinence education, Mr. Wier? Well, the majority of high schools across the nation still teach abstinence education, and that number has actually increased over the past few years. Logic would follow that if abstinence education was effective,...

I encourage you to vote no tomorrow on the proposition to create the Kishwaukee Valley Water Authority. Here are my areas of contention that have not been adequately addressed in recent weeks: just one out of the three counties within the authority could...

DeKALB | The east side of DeKalb is reestablishing itself as a music scene, beginning with recent changes at Otto's. The club, at 118 E. Lincoln Highway, has retooled its schedule and focus, with the goal of bringing better bands to the area. Changes...

DeKALB | The Huka Corner is getting re-vamped and will get a new name this summer, under new ownership. New owner and NIU alumnus Mohammed Labadi said the location, 811 W. Lincoln Highway, has a lot of potential and he wanted to come back and "pick the...

Narrowing the many Liberal Arts & Sciences dean candidates down to four proved to be a long process for the LA&S Dean Search Committee. Beginning in fall 2006, the committee began the task of narrowing hundreds of candidates to the four who will...