For those who live in apartments or plan to, preparing several backup plans for the school year is the safest way to guarantee a student will have a place to stay.There are many steps that go toward securing a place to live, and at this point it is too...
It has come to my attention that the City of DeKalb is interested in two ordinances detailing unlawful assemblies called “Section 52.92 “Unlawful Assemblies” and Section 52.93 “Weapons at Unlawful Assemblies””. These two ordinances are meant...
With three Student Association official resignations one week into the semester, future and present SA officials should keep in mind the commitment involved with being an elected official.Applications for the SA director of Academic Affairs and director...
Angela PaganPerspective EditorMany state funded-programs are not reliable due to the budget impasse, and MAP grants are included in the mix.Recently, an email sent to MAP grant recipients said NIU will continue to credit students this grant although the...
My plan for the semester is to include columns that relate to students and discuss topics that affect their day to day lives. Re-occurring topics like life in residence halls, academic policies and student involvement are issues I will have columnists...
Looking at the Star’s home page this morning one would think that the only news worth covering in DeKalb is of home invasions, shootings and NIU football. Has the Star become the Chicago Tribune? Why isn’t the Star covering the most important issues...
Pass: DeKalb officer helps motorist with tireA DeKalb police officer recently went out of his way to help a stranger with a flat tire and his good deed did not go unnoticed.The officer did not have to change the motorist’s tire or drive them to go get...
While many participate in the events celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day, NIU could do more to ensure students fully understand the meaning of this national celebration.Before college, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was talked about every year in school;...
As a second-generation NIU alumnus, I was disappointed to recently learn that NIU had acquiesced to a request by the Freedom from Religion Foundation to remove copies of the Bible from the rooms of the Holmes Student Center Hotel.Allowing a copy of the...
As the headline so gracefully puts it, 2015 has been full of surprises for me.My first big surprise was getting hired as the Northern Star’s managing editor in January, a high point for a student who barely graduated high school. My second, however,...
Book buybacks are a hassle at the end of each semester, which is one reason teachers should require more books with e-book options.It is finals week and students are walking into bookstores to return heavy textbooks they rented for the semester, or trying...
