With a voter turnout of 3.24 percent in the Student Association Senate elections, a major change has to be made in the attitude of students and SA election promotion to increase voter turnout.Only 653 students out of 20,130 students enrolled at NIU voted...

Students share their thoughts on whether or not any form of speech should be confined to the Martin Luther King Jr. Commons.NIU policy prohibits "solicitation or leafleting anywhere on campus with the exception of the Free Speech Area on the Martin Luther...

PassThe Rolling Harvest Food Truck is a great improvement to the healthy food options available for students. I have said in the past NIU does not have many healthy food options for students, and finding cheap and healthy food is a challenge. Although...

As the event lead of this year’s American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Northern Illinois University event, I would like to thank everyone for their generosity and support.This year, 32 teams participated in the Relay For Life event and raised $40,000...

Angela Pagan, columnistI think there are a few steps the university could take in order to diversify the curriculum. One step I think is extremely important that NIU forgets at times when conducting surveys or implementing new programs is getting student...

PassPolice informed students that a social media post suspected of being a threat had no connection to NIU. “Y’all thought it was a joke last Friday,” a screenshot of the message read. “This time I’m not worried about the police.” The post...

Students react on Twitter after an off-campus robbery was reported to have occurred Wednesday night. DeKalb Police continue to investigate the incident.  [View the story "Students React to Robbery Safety Bulletin" on Storify] [<a href="//storify.com/NorthernStarNIU/students-react-to-robbery-safety-bulletin"...

There is growing concern that the pipelines carrying Canadian tar sands across the Midwest are not as safe as their corporate owners claim.Since two of these lines owned by Enbridge Inc., Line 13 and Line 61, come within three miles of NIU’s west campus...

Rachel ScamanThe Student Association Senate could recruit more candidates if it continues to make improvements to the election process.Moving to online voting and putting candidate profiles online has been the SA’s best idea when it comes to the elections....

Pass: SA fixes mistake at open meetingThe Student Association held an emergency meeting to correct a mistake in legislation, which shows good leadership and initiative. The number of senators who can be elected per district in the election policy was...

Abby Zaccaria, columnistOverall, I feel I am very lucky, and I have many things to be grateful for.I am grateful I have a family who loves me and who I can turn to if I am upset over something. I have good friends who I can confide in without being judged.I...