Linze Griebenow Assistant Day Editor NIU President John Peters’ “Vision 2020” wasn’t quite planned using 20/20 vision. With recruitment steadily decreasing, soliciting students to attend NIU is part and partial to the “Vision’s” success....

I am fighting a grueling battle. I have been putting everything I have into this problem. I’ve been trying to solve it for years. This brawl is against a mighty and powerful foe: procrastination. The first step is admitting you have a problem; I am...

My decision to attend NIU was influenced by three factors: location, cost and reputation. After four years at NIU I have found other aspects more important. Reflecting on what has been important to me as a student, four factors come to mind: atmosphere,...

Being the First Lady is an important job. Many First Ladies used their position to do work for the public good. Eleanor Roosevelt, Nancy Reagan, Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush are all prime examples of such. Michelle Obama is no exception. She has truly...

In honor of Sexual Assault Prevention Month: Let’s talk about sex, baby. According to oneinfourusa.org, one in four college women will be, or have been, victims of sexual violence. In my experience, rape and/or sexual assault has been the leading commonality...

“If irony were made of onions, Linze, your editorial would be palpable enough to bring the entire campus to tears.” The preceding quote is from one of my critics. It’s not only one of my favorites for its witty analogy, but it helped to teach me...

Tuesday, the space shuttle Discovery took to the air for the last time. It was one of the most demoralizing things I’ve ever seen. According to NASA, Discovery’s career spanned 26 years. The shuttle successfully completed 39 missions in space; more...

Did you know that 83 percent of NIU students have gotten drunk, wild and just plain crazy before the age of 21? I know it’s contrary to all of the informative fliers around campus, but based on the six people who replied to my question, this statistic...

For eight days now I’ve been a herbivore. I have accepted my own challenge as a final project for a class to become a lacto-ovo vegetarian for three weeks. Lacto-ovo meaning that I can still eat eggs and dairy, but not meat or fish. Although I’m only...

Humans are simple creatures. We clean up to go out and show off. Bright objects catch our eye and sometimes fascinate us to the point of obsession, and in desperation we will eat almost anything. We live shore to shore on almost every continent on Earth...

If I had to choose the most important lesson learned from my journalism education here at NIU, it would be that the media should never be the story. For a while now, local and national news sources have abandoned this fundamental and tainted the word...

“If you find a job you love, you’ll never work a day in your life.” It’s a phrase I’ve heard many times over, and until recently it seemed impossibly simple and easily attainable. I mean, honestly, would you rather be the guy who dreads walking...