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Taking a walk while listening to music or an audiobook can be helpful when you need time to relax and unwind.

How to be your own best friend

By Sarah Rose, Managing Editor | November 17, 2022

Being alone can be scary sometimes, especially in college when making friends may seem almost impossible. However, being alone doesn’t mean that someone is lonely; there’s a difference. Here is the ultimate guide on how to be alone and be OK with...

See what Sports Reporter Alex Crowe plans on watching this weekend.

Watch the Bears play against the Falcons and ‘Inside Out’ this weekend

By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor | November 17, 2022

With finals week fast approaching, take some time off from studying and check out these recommendations on ideas for what to watch this weekend.  “INSIDE OUT” (Disney+) “Inside Out” is a journey into our emotions. 11-year-old Riley is forced...

The School of Theatre and Dance will be performing “Carmina Burana,” a cantata first composed in 1935 by Carl Orff for its Fall Dance Concert, starting Nov. 17.

‘Carmina Burana’ to be performed by School of Theatre and Dance

By Eddie Drinkwine | November 17, 2022

DeKALB – The School of Theatre and Dance will be performing “Carmina Burana,” a cantata first composed in 1935 by Carl Orff for its Fall Dance Concert. The first performance will start at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 17 at the Stevens Building on campus....

Avoiding top fast-fashion brands such as SHEIN or Fashion Nova can be a good start to reducing the world's carbon emissions.

The danger of purchasing from fast fashion brands

By Sarah Rose, Managing Editor | November 16, 2022

The clothing and textile industry is responsible for roughly 4% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. To put that into perspective, the fashion industry is emitting roughly the same amount of carbon emissions as the economies of France, Germany and...

The DeKalb Public Library will be sponsoring an afternoon concert highlighting Hawaiian music at 2 p.m. on Saturday in the library’s Yusunas Meeting Room.

Hawaiian Show to be featured at DeKalb Public Library

By Evan Mellon, News Reporter | November 16, 2022

Hawaii is coming to the DeKalb Public Library for an afternoon of music and fun. The DeKalb Public Library will be sponsoring an afternoon concert highlighting Hawaiian music at 2 p.m. on Saturday in the library’s Yusunas Meeting Room The event...

This image released by Marvel Studios shows Danai Gurira (left) and Letitia Wright as Shuri in a scene from "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." (Marvel Studios via AP)

‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,’ a touching tribute

By Caleb Johnson, Lifestyle Writer | November 15, 2022

Editor’s Note: This review will contain spoilers, so read with caution, or go buy tickets to your nearest theater to watch the film and come back later. The time has come to return to Wakanda, in "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." In the face of a...

Students living in residence halls can download the official NIU app to check if washers and dryers are available to use.

How to avoid frustrations in residence halls’ laundry rooms

By Daija Hammonds, Managing Editor | November 15, 2022

Moving to campus in a different city can bring a lot of exciting times but also some challenges. You’re essentially living on your own, having to take care of yourself. One of the things that you have to start doing is your own laundry, if you weren’t...

‘Stories From My Childhood’ exhibit to show events through a child’s perspective

By Joseph Howerton, Video Editor | November 15, 2022

DeKALB – The NIU Art Museum will host a “Stories From My Childhood” exhibit Nov. 29 through Dec. 17 and Jan. 10, 2023 through Feb. 17, 2023.   “Stories From My Childhood” is made up of pieces made by artists asked to depict transformative...

Kimberly Walker, a Belvidere resident and owner of Bast and Baetyl Alchemy held a table at the Dark Art and Oddities Con over the weekend. (Nyla Owens | Northern Star)

Dark Art and Oddities Con displays framed invertebrates, skeletons during weekend event

By Nick Glover, Lifestyle Editor | November 14, 2022

There was a buzz in the hall. Legends like animator Philo Barnhart, who spent the event slowly drawing and coloring a portrait of Maleficent, and up-and-comers like author E.S. Fein were all in the same room, showing off their art.  Framed invertebrates,...

The new Braven UNIV 301 course will be offered for the spring semester and will be online from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays. (Daija Hammonds | Northern Star)

Preparation for internships, jobs is the focus for new course UNIV 301

By Caleb Johnson, Lifestyle Writer | November 14, 2022

This past Fall, a new course, UNIV 301, Braven Leadership and Career Accelerator, began. This course helps students prepare for jobs and internships after they graduate.  “I would say that it is a great way to build tools that you are going to need...

"How to Excavate a Heart" by Jake Maia Arlow tells the story of Shani trying to navigate life after her first heartbreak. (Daija Hammonds | Northern Star)

‘How to Excavate a Heart’ is a delightful, exciting twist on the classic holiday story

By Caleb Johnson, Lifestyle Writer | November 13, 2022

Editor’s Note: This review will contain spoilers, so read with caution, or go read the novel and come back later. Heartbreak, love, chance meetings: these are some of the things that define the human experience, and they just so happen to be some...

Willy Adkins is hosting his annual Dark Art and Oddities Con this weekend from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Altgeld Hall Auditorium.

The Dark Art and Oddities Con returns to DeKalb with vendors, paranormal stories

By Nick Glover, Lifestyle Editor | November 10, 2022

The Dark Art and Oddities Con will return to DeKalb from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Altgeld Hall Auditorium. The convention will feature vendors and creators of art, and items that are related to the dark arts. The dark art movement...