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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

A cartoon depicts a man showing up to a homecoming event overdressed. The Northern Star Editorial Board believes the homecoming events at NIU could be better. (Samantha Duthie | Northern Star)

Editorial: Homecoming is only as good as students make it

By Northern Star Editorial Board | October 2, 2025

Monday marks NIU’s 118th Homecoming Week. That means it’s time to get dressed in your best suit and tie or dress, right? Wrong, at NIU, Homecoming means something more; it's a time of Huskie spirit. But, what is homecoming? Some freshmen at NIU...

A panel cartoon shows how eating bugs can actually be a good thing. Opinion Columnist Lucy Atkinson argues that bugs are a legitimate food source and more people should consider eating them. (Maya Jean Kearsing | Northern Star)

Opinion: Like burgers? Try a bug

By Lucy Atkinson, Opinion Columnist | October 1, 2025

Nature didn’t only hide protein in pigs and cows. The potential of insect meat as an alternative to traditional meat industries is a subject that deserves more serious investigation. One of the largest environmental taxes of the meat industry is...

A girl looks at her phone in horror as she sees her personal online data is revealed to the government. The Northern Star Editorial Board believes that the government should not be the only one to moderate the internet. (Shea Witz | Northern Star)

Editorial: The government shouldn’t restrict information to protect citizens

By Northern Star Editorial Board | September 23, 2025

The internet is a vast place. It’s estimated that people upload 463 billion gigabytes worth of data every single day to the internet. To put that number into perspective, that would be 154.33 trillion photos uploaded to Instagram every day if every...

Mission III and a goose fight on a football field on a cloudy day. The cartoon is reminiscent of street fighter games. (Maxwell Lehmann | Northern Star)

Cartoon: Mascot showdown

By Maxwell Lehmann, Cartoonist | September 23, 2025

Two characters discuss the changes in weather. The characters discuss how climate change could potentially be the answer for why the temperature in weather is changing. (Kaylee Rutherford | Northern Star)

Cartoon: Crazy weather

By Kaylee Rutherford, Cartoonist | September 15, 2025

A cartoon depicts the Statue of Liberty setting an ice machine on fire. The Statue of Liberty is also holding a piece of paper that has the date July 4, 1776, in Roman numerals. (Lupita Diaz | Northern Star)

Cartoon: Melt ICE, not liberty

By Lupita Diaz, Cartoonist | September 7, 2025

A cartoon depicts a comic strip panel of the main character receiving a text from Mission, even though dogs can't text. The cartoon represents how science knows no bounds, although maybe it should learn some. (Maya Kearsing | Northern Star)

Cartoon: Man-made horrors

By Maya Jean Kearsing, Cartoonist | September 1, 2025

A cartoon depicts a person carrying a box, getting ready to move in and start college. Happy move-in and first week of classes, Huskies! (Kaylee Rutherford | Northern Star)

Cartoon: Move in Day

By Kaylee Rutherford, Cartoonist | August 22, 2025

A cartoon depicts the characters Rick and Tom talking about smashing a bug before the bug becomes large and destroys their house. This cartoon is the third installment of a comic series called "Rick and Tom." (Nicholas Rojas | Northern Star)

Cartoon: Rick and Tom

By Nicholas Rojas, Cartoonist | April 25, 2025

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