NIU has historically focused on retaining and recruiting undergraduate students. While focusing on undergraduate retention and recruitment is important, graduate students remain vital to NIU’s campus and community. Students continually worry about...

It's that time of year again, Girl Scouts around the country are selling their delicious Girl Scout cookies to fund their troops. Some of their most popular flavors of cookies include samoas, crisp caramel cookies with coconut and chocolate stripes;...

DATING APPS AREN'T WORTH IT By: Emily Beebe, Senior Opinion Columnist Love is in the air, but it’s certainly not in dating apps. Dating apps are redundant and can lead to problems, not true love. Dating apps such as Tinder, Bumble and Hinge...

EMTs are best known for working in high-stress environments and saving people’s lives. EMTs should be paid more for the lifesaving work they do. EMTs play a pivotal role in the medical field by providing immediate life-saving medical care, according...

“For never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo,” Act 5, Scene 3. The classic Shakespeare play was published in 1597, but whether there was never a story of more love requires debate. Let’s pick it apart, can we call “Romeo...

Considering the changing ways of showing affection, giving flowers to women remains. Women have traditionally valued flowers as tokens of appreciation. However, these sexist notions need to be abandoned; men should get to enjoy flowers too. Larry Aiyelabola,...

Adopting children is a process that takes time and careful consideration, especially if you are adopting a child of another race. Pursuing accurate information and educating yourself is important when adopting. Transracial adoption applies when parents...

No tea spills quite as deliciously as a bad date story, and on a college campus filled with students primarily of the peak dating age, romantic drama runs afoot.  Oftentimes what makes a date bad is spiking levels of awkwardness, the doomed feeling...

Self-care may sound like a selfish concept, but it’s actually the complete opposite. Caring for yourself is caring for others.  The paradox is crystal clear when we reflect on the way of the world. When those around us are healthy, we are influenced....

The smell of marijuana lingers in the air, and dispensaries scatter the state of Illinois. Smoking marijuana should be legalized at a federal level. Marijuana, weed, cannabis, pot, the devil’s lettuce, whatever individuals call it, it's popular....

As individuals, we express ourselves in many ways, but fashion has often been at the forefront. Over the decades, fashion has been an outlet for creative expression and an important aspect of culture in society.  Each decade has its flare, with fashion...

Parking fees may seem irrelevant in higher education, since most of the focus is on salaries, health insurance or retirement plans. Free parking for NIU instructors and staff is a tiny but meaningful gesture that may boost employee happiness and well-being. Sandy...