Pass:After a hard fought battle, the generous legislators of Illinois finally granted NIU $26.4 million in funding. With this funding, NIU will be able to address their budget uncertainty for Fiscal Year 2016. Illinois universities have been waiting...
Pass: With summer approaching, job scams can become more prevalent as students seek summer opportunities. Emails get sent out for different job prospects and it is hard for students to know what is legitimate. Career Services has a website that has information...
NIU needs more transparency when it comes to how course evaluations are handled so students can understand what kind of impact they have.At the end of the semester, students are asked to evaluate how they think their professor performed throughout the...
Pass:The town hall meeting Wednesday had more than 200 people in attendance, which shows that the NIU students and faculty want to take program prioritization seriously.I applaud all those in attendance for being actively concerned with how program prioritization...
NIU’s first ever Earth Week is officially in the books and I would like to take a moment to reflect on where we go from here.I would first like to personally thank everyone who helped make Earth Week a success as this was a major collaborative effort.The...
NIU President Doug Baker will set the table for the release of the program prioritization results at a town hall meeting 1-2:30 p.m. today at the Holmes Student Center, Regency Room.Can't go to the town hall meeting? The Northern Star will be there for...
Pass:Temporary MAP funding relieves some student stressMonetary Award Program grant students can breathe a bit easier now that some funding has been approved by the state. MAP grants will be paid for by the state with a $600 million short-term fund. After...
In an April 11 Northern Star issue, there was a Point/Counterpoint piece on gender-inclusive restrooms. As someone who is trans*, and who researches alongside trans* collegians, I felt compelled to weigh in and clear up a glaring non sequitur shared in...
If Student Association senators plan to help students in the future, they should understand that resigning from their positions may not be the most effective way to do so because it leaves the SA unable function smoothly.Both Senator Bethany Vanover and...
Pass:Earth is in dire need of saving through environmental initiatives. We as humans need to start making environmental changes that will impact our world in a positive way. However, these impacts will not come suddenly nor drastically. We must start...
Pass:On April 23 NIU Athletics will host a Communiversity Block Party.This event, as the name suggests, would be a great way to intertwine the university with the community. The university and the community seem to be very separate entities in DeKalb...
