Every school day, all college students have to make a choice: do I attend class today? Do I really need those notes?  Most professors would argue yes, you really need those notes.  Even plenty of students agree it’s in their every benefit...

When coming to college, many students grapple with the task of selecting a field of study to pursue. With many factors to weigh, this decision can create a tornado of doubt. Students  are torn between their strengths, parental and cultural expectations,...

There are few words more challenging to define than art, because to define art is to detract from the unique quality that makes it special in the first place: its fluidity. From one person to the next, there is no stable understanding of what art is,...

From commentary of specialists and polls, the general consensus seems to be that Democrats are more confident in their candidate compared to Republicans after the Sept. 10 presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald...

One part of my life I feel luckiest for is having a sister.  When I was born, mine brought a dandelion to the hospital to greet me with, clutched in her tiny, toddler fingers. Every day after that, my sister – who is two years older than me –...

On March 22, 2024, hip-hop’s boogeyman returned from a 10-month silence to do what he does best: shake the industry awake. With a single feature verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s collaboration project “We Don’t Trust You,” Kendrick Lamar put...

Collegiate athletics is full of great traditions passed down from class to class, but few represent their university like the “boneyard” tradition that represents NIU. Since 1983, NIU football has marked its wins over Power Four – formerly Power...

Wake up, get clean, eat our first bites of the day, then be faced with a choice: what will I wear today?   Going to the gym? Reach for quick, dry materials. Going to the pumpkin patch? Reach for a warm sweater and boots.  We may have seen...

What do “that’s the brakes,” “you’re the right kind of girl” and “I love you” have in common? Absolutely nothing.  Unless you’re me – in which case they have everything in common.  My great-grandmother – affectionately...

The war in Ukraine is not only a demonstration of how uncivilized humanity is, but also a sign of how geopolitics are handled today. To this day, the only thing that separates the world from a nuclear war is, ironically, the war in Ukraine. Peace is maintained...

Autumn has always seemed bitterly beautiful to me, lovely in its colors but harrowing in the life it escorts away.  In Alaska, autumn smells spectacular but gets swiftly cold, often taking its inhabitants by surprise when it arrives. Tiny birch...

My myopic self and I have problems. We’re not exactly on speaking terms.  Anxiety has followed me for as long as I can remember, but it was the worst at the beginning of high school when I was at my most vulnerable. During those years, I was a passenger...