I would like to take a minute to publicly thank Rasheen Lemon, from the NIU football team.I dropped my iPhone in the middle of a parking lot. Rasheen found my phone and took the time to call both my partner and my roommate in an effort to return my phone...

Pass: Messages around campus bring joyIf any students have noticed the messages written in chalk on the sidewalks around campus, they should pay attention to them.The beginning of the school year is always my favorite time of year. There’s a ton of...

Northern Star Editorial boardNIU did the right thing when it credited MAP grant recipients in the midst of a state-wide budget impasse, an action Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner needs to take note of.With no budget in sight, more than 5,000 NIU students...

The Perspective section is supposed to be a section where student voices can be heard, and I would like to see a lot more of that.Last semester, Perspective was mostly known for its editorials which represented the whole staff’s opinion. This semester,...

PassNIU is holding a conference to help teachers make learning STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) more exciting for students.The conference, called STEAMing it Up, will take place on Aug. 3 in Gabel Hall. Breakfast and lunch will...

Angela PaganI would like to see DeKalb become more of a real college town within the next 10 years.The city should to continue to open up more student-friendly businesses, such as specialty shops and coffee shops with open mic nights. I recently met a...

I am very disappointed with the Pass/Fail from the July 13, 2015 edition.As a student, an employee, an alumna and a parent of a student, I am having trouble figuring out what audience the Pass/Fail was addressed to.How many of our students know anything...

PassThe addition of NIU to a Greyhound bus route between Davenport, Iowa and Chicago will make transportation to the city much easier for students.NIU, Rochelle, Dixon and Moline were added to the route June 1. The bus will run the eastbound and westbound...

Pass My pass for this week goes to a Huntly Middle School memorial.Harold Lave, a Huntley Middle School crossing guard, died March 3. He worked at the middle school for nine years and because he was such a great crossing guard, Huntley Middle School...

See what’s a pass and what’s a fail as judged by Perspective Columnist Abby Zaccaria.PassWNIJ recently provided public forum to discuss medial marijuana in Illinois.Community members who participated in Context: Medical Marijuana and Illinois had...