Anger with the current state of the country needs to be translated more clearly and emotionally in the political sphere. Politics has become a much more hostile game under the Trump administration, and to truly serve their constituents, politicians must...
A total of 127 women were sworn into Congress Jan. 3 as a result of the 2018 midterm elections, marking the largest number of women ever elected and proving the future is, in fact, female.Not only is there a large number of women in Congress, there are...
Majority of Americans are focusing on the shutdown while majority of Republican senators are focusing on foreign policy. Israel’s sharp eye on Capitol Hill is not anything new. History tells us Israel has always wanted one thing: the rights of Americans...
Cyntoia Brown, who was an inmate at the age of 16-years-old, will be released from prison Aug. 7 after serving nearly 15 years behind bars as a result of a life sentence she received as a juvenile. Being sentenced to life in prison at the age of 16 is...
"I would build a great wall—and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me—and I'll build them very inexpensively; I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will have Mexico pay for that wall," Donald Trump said in 2015 during...
On Dec. 16 history was made when Angela Ponce made her debut to represent as Miss Spain in Miss Universe 2018 as the first transgender woman to participate. Although she did not win the title, Ponce is the first transgender woman to have competed...
Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, was sentenced to three years in prison for campaign finance violations on Dec. 12th. In other words, Cohen got a slap on the wrist with three years when, in all honesty, he should have gotten a longer...
“Baby It’s Cold Outside,” the 1944 holiday classic by Frank Loesser, never seemed to be a problem for listeners until recently when radio stations started banning the song because it was deemed controversial even though the song, which has since...
By Michael Urbanec & Tom Burton
| December 9, 2018
Always be willing to learnMichael Urbanec | Sports EditorI wasn’t well prepared when Madison Kacer hired me as a news reporter for the Northern Star in fall 2017. I came in with the same story many of our writers have: We were all told we were good...
Haley Galvin | Perspective Editor "... stressful but worthwhile." This semester was anything but easy. It was filled with assignment after assignment and a new job that threw a lot at me. However, I really believe it worked out for the best.With every...
The Northern Star Editorial Board believes the NIU Police and Public Safety failed to promptly inform students about the stabbing in Grant Hall North Saturday, demonstrating a lapse in regard for student safety.At approximately 9:39 p.m. Saturday, an...
Smokey the Bear said only people can prevent forest fires, but this isn’t always the case, seeing as things like climate change can cause such fires.In November, California saw horrible destruction as a result of forest fires, and President Trump responded...
