Pass:The “Just for Girls” video design camp, that will be hosted by the Digital Convergence Lab in June, is a great opportunity for girls to take an interest in technology- based careers.The camp will show girls how to design and play their own video...

Program prioritization task force reports that recommended how resources should be allocated to 459 academic and administrative programs were released Monday. NIU requested that students and faculty provide feedback from now until May 23.Kaylyn ZielinskiColumnistAll...

Pass:  NIU has increasingly been going green over the years, and a committee on environmental Aafairs is going to help. It is important for everyone’s voice to be heard in the Student Association. The approval of a committee that will allow environmental...

On Thursday, the Northern Star published the column “NIU lacks transparency with course evaluations.” I agree that evaluations are important and students should take them seriously. Let me try to explain how evaluations are used, what they actually...

Kaylyn ZielinskiColumnistThe university should have waited until the program prioritization reports were released to have the town hall meeting because the meeting did not provide any new or vital information.The meeting did not address the programs that...

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...

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 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...