SA creates support for mental health

The Student Association has started a campaign called the #NoShameCampaign.

This campaign is to help anyone suffering from mental health issues feel comfortable to ask for help. Mental health is a real issue, and it is important for the students on campus to know they will not be judged. Mental health issues often carry a stigma in today’s society and so it is a positive change when a student organization starts a program like this to help those at NIU tell their stories.

Tuition waiver still unawarded

A winner has still not been announced for the Mission 6 initiative and it makes the whole contest look like a waste of time.

Last fall, students could check in at football games with an app called Red-Black Rewards. NIU athletics could tell from the app which students came to each game and stayed the whole time. Now into the spring semester, when the winner was meant to already have received their prize, there is not even a time frame for when they will be chosen.

If the winner was announced before this semester began, that money could have gone towards that person’s spring tuition. At this point, I feel the winner should have been announced in a more timely manner.