It seems as though everything one could say about the pandemic, including obscenities, has already been said. Rather than repeating the same pandemic sentiments you’ve heard before, I’d like to state an observation I have found relevant in my life...
By Northern Star Editorial Board
| November 24, 2020
With Thanksgiving fast approaching, the university released its plans and recommendations for Huskies traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday in a Nov. 5 email sent by NIU President Lisa Freeman. Freeman wrote students returning to campus after traveling...
By Northern Star Editorial Board
| November 19, 2020
During an arrest in the Lincoln Towers parking lot in August 2019, DeKalb Sgt. Jeffery Weese was caught on video choking Aurora resident Elonte McDowell, 26. On Nov. 11 it was announced that Weese would be resigning from his position in the DeKalb Police...
By Northern Star Editorial Board
| October 29, 2020
Election day is less than a week away, so it is important to understand what's on the ballot. Everyone knows about the presidential candidates, but what Illinois voters may not know is there is a new proposed amendment that involves taxes. It has been...
According to a mandatory diversity training “Conversations on Diversity and Equity” seminar at NIU that is required for all student organization leaders, the phrase “All Lives Matter” is considered an example of so-called “anti-blackness.” Things...
By Northern Star Editorial Board
| October 7, 2020
The Illinois Attorney General’s office ruled Aug. 7 that the NIU Foundation must respond to Freedom of Information Act requests after the foundation denied at least three requests since 2016. In the aftermath of this ruling, the Northern Star editorial...
This week the university’s COVID-19 surveillance testing program began. Increased testing for students attending on-campus classes and events will hopefully allow the university to conduct more effective contact tracing. Taking the nasal swab test was...
By Elise Smith and Carmen Smith, Alumnae
| August 30, 2020
When we graduated from NIU we were lost. During the last years of our programs we came out as a queer couple to our conservative community in our industrial, Midwestern hometown. It did not go well. We were disoriented from the loss of our childhood connections,...
The Dean of Students office sent out an email Saturday to student organization representatives who were registered to participate in the involvement fair during the weekend. The email was sent as an effort to criticize some of the behaviors of representatives...
By Northern Star Editorial Board
| August 10, 2020
In less than a month, classes will begin again.
The Northern Star Editorial Board would like to remind students to consider their health and safety and the safety of those around them as we return to campus. During this uncertainty we live in, it...
This school year’s move-in day will definitely look different than it has in previous years. The excitement of lugging your possessions up to your new home for the next few months and meeting your neighbors will most likely be a strange experience this...
This letter is to all peaceful protesters.
I believe there are probably a few bad apples in every profession of work and area of our society.
Please, just look around and see if you agree with me.
The First Amendment of our Constitution allows the...
