CARTOON: A goose spotting

By Amber Siegel, Cartoonist|February 19, 2023

Cartoonist Amber Siegel sketches a homage to all the geese on NIU campus recognizing that although geese may be cute, they can be scary sometimes. (Amber Siegel)

Magenta rhododendrons, pink petunias, orange anemone flowers, red columbine, blue gentians, hyacinth and yellow carnations sprout from a cartoon Earth under the words: “Mother Earth arranges a Victorian bouquet for America, November 5, 2024.” During the Victorian era, flowers were used to express hidden meaning; the flowers in Mother Earth’s bouquet symbolize America’s failure to protect her by allowing another Trump administration to occur. Rhododendrons express a warning, petunias symbolize hatred and resentment, orange anemone flowers symbolize withered hopes and desertion, blue gentians express the message ‘you are unjust,’ red columbine symbolizes anxiety, hyacinths symbolize sorrow and yellow carnations symbolize disappointment and foolishness. (Lucy Atkinson | Northern Star)

Cartoon: Floral message

Two legs with pink roller-skates glide over a wooden surface. The end of the semester is coming soon, and students are racing toward the end of classes. (Daniela Barajas | Northern Star)

Skate to the finish

A fluffy, small-horned creature gasps, surrounded by a colorful chaos of blue, pink and violet brush strokes. The cartoonist used sparkling and shimmering stickers as accessories to the illustration in this piece. (Jayce Weir | Northern Star)

Cartoon: Candy

A man answers his door and asks "Dude... aren't you too old for trick-or-treating??" to a 22-year-old business major dressed up as Batman. Happy Halloween, Huskies! (Daniela Barajas | Northern Star)

Cartoon: Grown-up trick-or-treating

Grimm the Goblin, a green creature with yellow eyes and a spiny back, crouches on clawed feet. Grimm waits patiently for his chance to terrorize on Halloween next week. (Aidan Renteria | Northern Star)

Cartoon: Grimm the Goblin

A graphic shows three bubbles containing a house, a person working at a computer and a map marker, representing the first, second and third places respectively. Opinion Columnist Sofia Didenko believes that both the NIU campus and the surrounding DeKalb area could benefit from the incorporation of more third places: areas of relaxation and socialization. (Jackson Shields | Northern Star)

DeKalb needs more third-spaces

Magenta rhododendrons, pink petunias, orange anemone flowers, red columbine, blue gentians, hyacinth and yellow carnations sprout from a cartoon Earth under the words: “Mother Earth arranges a Victorian bouquet for America, November 5, 2024.” During the Victorian era, flowers were used to express hidden meaning; the flowers in Mother Earth’s bouquet symbolize America’s failure to protect her by allowing another Trump administration to occur. Rhododendrons express a warning, petunias symbolize hatred and resentment, orange anemone flowers symbolize withered hopes and desertion, blue gentians express the message ‘you are unjust,’ red columbine symbolizes anxiety, hyacinths symbolize sorrow and yellow carnations symbolize disappointment and foolishness. (Lucy Atkinson | Northern Star)

Cartoon: Floral message

A brown cow with a tag on its ear stands on a manure-covered ground. Opinion Columnist Lalita Rai encourages consumers to avoid purchasing furs, skins and other styles of fashion that cost animal lives. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Fashion shouldn’t cost lives

A tax form and two arrows – one pointing up and the other pointing down – sit beneath the words "Look Both Ways" and above the topic of the week. Should taxes be lowered? (Jackson Shields | Northern Star)

Look Both Ways: Taxes

Dark substance floats up toward the Illinois state flag while light and heart-shaped flowers burst from the top of the flag. The Northern Star Editorial Board encourages other states to dedicate government action toward addressing hate crimes, as Illinois will do with the Help Stop Hate program. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons | Northern Star Graphic)

Editorial: Help Stop Hate program heads Illinois in right direction

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