The Nov. 5 general election is nearly upon us, and the two main candidates – Kamala Harris and Donald Trump – have spent the campaign season outlining their proposals and ideas and garnering the support of their respective parties.
This election...
The spirits – our wonderful readers, that is – have convened and selected Nick Cipra’s BoJack Horseman costume as the winner of the Northern Star Halloween Costume Contest!
Voting for the Northern Star Halloween Costume Contest closed 5 p.m....
It’s one day out from All Hallows’ Eve, Huskies! Get into the spirit early – pun intended – and vote for the best costume in the Northern Star Halloween Costume Contest here.
The Northern Star Halloween Costume Contest submissions are listed...
By Ethan Ernst, Opinion Columnist
| October 23, 2024
“Star Trek” has popularized the idea that space is the “final frontier” for human expansion, and people like Elon Musk aim to make this a reality. Yet human colonists on other planets will still need to learn, and we already have the means for...
On All Hallows’ Eve, the goblins come to play!
The Northern Star is excited to announce it is holding a Halloween costume contest to celebrate the finale of spooky season on campus.
The contest opens for submissions Oct. 23 and closes Oct. 29...
When I first moved to Illinois my first year at NIU, I struggled painfully with homesickness. And like the tiny, acrobatic superheroes they are, campus squirrels helped me cope. I’m hoping they’ll help me face a different challenge this semester.
As...
By Ethan Ernst, Opinion Columnist
| October 17, 2024
My parents owned two cats before I was born. Their names were Baby and Jeong. They lived long enough for me to remember them, but not long enough to love them. Love for my cats would be learned later in life.
I remember little of Baby, but Jeong, our...
El Mes de la Herencia Hispana es más que un recordatorio de la contribución que la inmigración hispana le ha dado a Estados Unidos desde el siglo XX. Es una forma de conmemorar los sacrificios que muchas personas han tenido que hacer por el bienestar...
The Northern Star wants to thank the Baustert Family Foundation for their recent historic $40 million donation for the Health and Technology Center.
This generous gift not only shows the Foundation’s commitment to advancing healthcare technology...
By Jackson Shields, Assistant Opinion Editor
| October 14, 2024
In the late night of Sept. 26, Hurricane Helene made landfall on the Florida Gulf Coast, devastating the region with damages ranging in the hundreds of millions of dollars and fatalities reaching upwards of 227.
Only two weeks later, just as recovery...
By Jackson Shields, Assistant Opinion Editor
| October 10, 2024
Violence is a spectacle. From the ages of gladiatorial combat to the days of schoolyard brawls, the human mind has been fascinated with displays of raw physicality, unleashed in unpleasant ways. It’s a sick part of ourselves we’d rather not own up...
North Dakota is experiencing devastating wildfires which have already caused the evacuations of more than 100 people and two fatalities. It should be painfully obvious how necessary strong climate policy will be in the upcoming presidential election.
Powerful...
