During the 2024 election season, voters saw differing proposals from candidates Vice President Kamala Harris and president-elect Donald Trump.
As the former president was chosen, his policies will govern the United States for the next four years.
With...
RENEWABLE ENERGY
By: Ethan Ernst, Opinion Columnist
The output of a nuclear power plant compared to its environmental impact is far superior to renewable energy. Even still, nuclear energy is too expensive and time consuming to adopt widely.
Small...
With Election Day right around the corner, the debate between the Electoral College and popular vote is once again heating up.
The popular vote is a democratic system in which a country’s citizens decide who is placed in power. Simply put, in an...
STORE-BOUGHT COSTUMES
By: Ethan Ernst, Opinion Columnist
An iconic part of Halloween is the costumes people wear. Monsters, fictional characters or professions that children may be interested in are common options found in stores.
Many people...
SPRING SEMESTER IS BETTER THAN FALL SEMESTER
By: Ethan Ernst, Opinion Columnist
No one likes to be too cold or too hot, but Neptune Hall West and North students, such as myself, are more likely to deal with the latter, especially during fall semester.
Neptune...
LIFE IN SPACE IS NOT PROBABLE
By: Santiago Montañez Bertoletti, Opinion Columnist
While it is undeniable that life in space is a fact that we will find out about sooner or later, because of the nature of the universe, this discovery is far from...
Mark Robinson, the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, is facing severe controversy for online comments he made from 2010 through 2012.
Comments were traced back to Robinson through the username “minisoldr,” which was used repeatedly across...
ANIMATED TV BETTER THAN LIVE-ACTION
By: Jackson Shields, Opinion Columnist
Consider the story of David and Goliath. David, the young and scrawny shepherd, stands before the towering Goliath with only a slingshot and a single stone; he faces insurmountable...
THE U.S. SHOULD NOT GO CASHLESS
By: Jackson Shields, Opinion Columnist
Day after day our lives become more digitized. From how we communicate to how we get our food, the analog ways of the past have been thrown to the wayside in favor of digital...
FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO LIVE ON-CAMPUS
By: Santiago Montañez Bertoletti, Opinion Columnist
During their first year, many university students may have doubts about how university life works. Among the many decisions you have to...
ELIMINATING SUCCESS, ONE TEST BUBBLE AT A TIME
By: Santiago Montañez Bertoletti, Opinion Columnist
In the U.S., 80% of colleges don't require SAT or ACT scores for admission, including NIU, but standardized tests should be eliminated entirely.
Standardized...
GEESE SHOULD TAKE OVER
By: Olivia Zapf, Assistant Opinion Editor
Is it better to be feared or loved? Machiavelli would argue feared – and so would I. Squirrels, while cute, are no match for the menacing, honkin’ geese that NIU has been blessed...
