Kristen ArmsColumnistIf 2017 could just be normal, I would be happy.This year was wild from start to finish. For those lucky enough to have forgotten the events that transpired since Jan. 1, a quick recap: David Bowie, Alan Rickman and Christina Grimmie...

Sleepless nights, juggling one or more jobs while attending classes and the fear of deportation; these are the challenges an undocumented NIU student faces for wanting to pursue a college degree.“There are times when I’m in class and I’m just worrying...

Department leaders need to delegate time in class for the completion of course evaluations instead of using online outlets, as out-of-class evaluations seem to garner less student responses.Professor evaluations are distributed at the end of each semester...

Pass:While many students excitedly left campus for Thanksgiving break, others took the opportunity to celebrate the holiday in a non-traditional way that made it even more special to them. More than 1,000 international students attend NIU and not all...

Students should realize the difference between campus and DeKalb safety ratings before deeming our university as an unsafe space. On Sept. 29, CollegeChoice ranked NIU as one of the top-50 safest large universities in the United States.Many factors come...

For many, watching the 2016 election results was devastating; it is an unfortunate reality that not only do we have Donald Trump as our next president, but the Republican Party will now control both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate.I know...

After a deeply divisive presidential campaign by President-elect Donald Trump, unease looms in the country. His campaign and the protests we’re seeing in its aftermath signal that it is time to address the racial divides that laid the groundwork for...

Since the Nov. 8 election results were finalized, there have been reports of harassment and discrimination of marginalized people all across the country, including on this campus. The biggest lesson we learned during this election is that silence is dangerous....

Before our planet’s natural resources begin to diminish, students need to turn their focus toward saving our environment and protecting our clean water by supporting the protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline.The 1,172-mile pipeline being built...