Students seem to be more than ready for the Thanksgiving holiday. Here's a look at some student's Thanksgiving plans. "I'm going to start off by heading to my dad's house, and then later on I'll go to my mom's house," said Lacey Mosson, junior English...
Kara MercerThe weather outside is frightful, and I’m very disappointed that the nice fall weather has been cut off and strangled by an abundance of white, cold, mushy stuff.Clearly I was wrong in thinking I would have more time to enjoy the beautiful...
A dangerous tone has been set in the wake of a recent SA Senate closed meeting.Senators met Sunday night to decide whether or not to remove SA Vice President Reggie Bates from office — all behind closed doors (The results of the impeachment and charges...
Pass:With the tragedies that have happened in Paris, I am proud of my university for lighting up the Holmes Student Center last weekend with French colors. The NIU community is used to the red and white lights, but adding the blue really showed NIU’s...
Angela PaganI do not agree with Gov. Bruce Rauner’s decision to stop accepting refugees into Illinois. Rejecting refugees does not exemplify the principles of this nation. Our country is a product of religious refugees seeking asylum. So at this moment...
Recently I came across a degrading, insensitive and highly racist image of what appears to be an NIU student. This young white woman had a blackface on and noted the context of the photo as “Once you go black you never go back.” She sent this photo...
Group projects can teach students important lifelong skills if they take them seriously.NIU came up with eight student learning outcomes (SLOs) that every undergraduate should achieve during their college experience here — one outcome being the ability...
Kara MercerI think it’s a good idea for the Student Association to purchase locks for the Recreation Center lockers. Walking into the locker room at the Rec and having to bypass all but two rows of functioning lockers is a problem I face every time...
PassNIU President Doug Baker announced Wednesday that the university will credit the Monetary Award Program grants to qualifying students through the spring semester if the state does not pass a budget by the beginning of the year. While the governor...
Hanna MarkezichNIU is already making an effort to be environmentally friendly — it’s students who are needed to accomplish this goal.There are classes and student organizations to educate people on what we can do. As a fellow student of the environmental...
Pass:A recent Northern Star column discussed the hopeful outlook on this year’s men’s basketball season. The team ended last season strongly, and though they lost in the first round of a tournament, they showed improvement from past years. NIU has...
Kara MercerI believe marijuana possession should be decriminalized, but with limitations.Alcohol and tobacco are drugs that are sold for recreation, but they come with limitations. Marijuana should be no exception. Recreational drugs are only made available...
