Before you furiously copy your thoughts onto your final exams, your professors put their own thought into writing them. Professors say they write new exams every semester, instead of reusing old ones. "If you give the same test every year, you’re not...

You know the who, the what, the when, now all you’re focusing on is the where. Where are the hot spots on- and off-campus to study for finals this year? Of course, anywhere quiet and free of distraction, which includes an area large enough to spread...

Mountain Dew, coffee and No Doz are some of the caffeine-filled substances that NIU students use to keep their heavy eyelids open while cramming before they have to show what they are made of during exam week. With finals week here, students are studying...

NIU has named senior Shannon Finlayson as the 2003 Lincoln Laureate. The award is bestowed upon one student from each of the state’s four-year degree-granting institutions. Finlayson is a double major in computer science and secondary mathematics education....

After four straight road games, the women’s basketball team was just glad to be home. The Huskies made the most of their homecoming before heading out for two more road games by beating Illinois State 80-48 on Saturday at the Convocation Center. "I’m...

Like all of you, I should be studying with the fury of a thousand suns for finals - but instead, I’m writing a column for the Northern Star. It’s not really in my job description (see the byline, folks) but when I was asked to write this for the finals...

Classes are over, and it feels as though a weight has been lifted from your shoulders. Now, it’s time to get rid of the real weight - your textbooks. The University Bookstore and the Village Commons Bookstore offer similar prices when students bring...

ollege students in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin may lose the right to freedom of press next month. The future of college newspapers in the three states rests on the outcome of the court case Hosty v. Carter. Oral arguments for the case have been rescheduled...

While seniors are finishing up with classes and finalizing their papers, freshmen are studying for their first finals, or at least they should be. "I haven’t started studying," said Marinelle Dionela, freshman international business and marketing major....

After the recent launch of the Student Association’s book exchange program, students now have another option to get money for their books. The new program, which was budgeted for $5,335 from the SA’s administrative budget, began late last week without...

As finals near, many of us are frantically preparing for a series of doomsdays. Some might call it finals week and others might call it time to pass this class finally. Well, look at it this way, at least there won’t be any paper evidence of your grades...

It’s the stressful mix of anticipation for winter break and dread over a week of hour-long tests that gives finals its bad reputation. Every student copes with the responsibility differently, and some people have more at stake than others. Junior history...