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When it comes to gun laws, sacrificing individual rights is not the answer

By Aaron Brooks | January 26, 2011

It is time we accept the fact that people kill people. They do so for various biological, psychological and sociocultural reasons. I do not mean to belittle the loss of life that allegedly took place at the hands of Jared Loughner in Arizona, but we have...

Let’s be reasonable with background checks

By Aaron Brooks | October 18, 2010

Unfortunately, time machines do not comply with the laws of physics. We cannot change our past, but only work toward a better future. Starting in the fall of 2009, NIU implemented a criminal background disclosure on the application for undergraduate admissions....