Cats are notorious for being stubborn, prideful and extremely annoying at times. As someone who has owned cats for my entire life, I can attest to the frustrations of seemingly going in circles with my cats, repeating rules and commands with little response...

Being a broke college student is, ironically, one of the most expensive lifestyles. According to ThinkImpact, being a college student for four years will run you about $160,000 and $240,000 including tuition, room and board, supplies, transportation,...

Homecoming is one of the main events of the fall semester at NIU. However, students tend to struggle with showing Huskie pride, especially at events such as football games. Sure, our team is not great, but it’s important to go and support.  With...

President Donald Trump’s first few months in office have been alarming to say the least. His use of executive orders to carry out what many view as authoritarian commands have left his supporters feeling untouchable, and his critics at best concerned...

In 1947, the U.S. Department of War was renamed the Department of Defense to reflect America’s changing stance on national security. President Donald Trump’s attempt to reverse this change is a poor way to show strength and a waste of time and money. When...

The Roman Empire was one of the greatest political regimes in history. At one of their greatest heights around the third century, they had control over 45 million people. With their centralized control of the army, the Greek-Roman way of thinking, culture...

Don’t remove the leaves in your yard this fall. Nature’s got better things to do with them, and you’ve got better things to do in nature. But before humans came around with our own – often flawed – beauty standards, grass still grew green...

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...

In grade school, when I’d fret about an upcoming exam, a race, a presentation, my mother always knew how to help. “Smart people worry,” she’d say. I was blessed to be raised by parents who taught my sister and I to love ourselves and to never...

Sending “thoughts and prayers” has become redundant, especially since tragedies such as the recent Minnesota school shooting have become more common. People need action in addition to words, but that happens only if high-ranking government officials...

It’s a tradition in America to look forward to the three-month long summer break at the end of each school year. This break often holds key memories for students, not just because of the excitement of not having school, but also the memories that...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has become much more isolated and online. To some, 2020 was the first year they ever experienced online learning, online meetings and online therapy. The pandemic really changed the way that people interact with...