UNIV 101 does not give students the university experience it describes.UNIV 101 is a course offered at NIU that is supposed to acquaint students with the university and give them important tips on how to make it through classes.My expectationsThe course...
Students should attend the Student Association Senate rally for Gov. Bruce Rauner’s visit to NIU on Oct. 29 to have their voices heard regarding MAP grant funding.Monetary Assistance Program grants, which help fund education for college and university...
Students should be careful when opening emails in their student accounts, as some spam emails make it through NIU’s filtering system.Spam emails through student email accounts have been landing students in technical support because of hacked accounts....
NIU should consult with the Student Association about students’ transportation needs before making costly purchases like the Huskie Pups.The four pups, which were a $95,000 addition to NIU President Doug Baker’s plan for a 10-minute campus and introduced...
Students were evacuated from campus buildings and led into the Convocation Center after a bomb threat was called in shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday. Many responded to the incident on Twitter. [View the story "Students React to Bomb Threat" on Storify]
This is Sergio Gutierrez, Director of Cultural Affairs for the Student Association. I am writing this email in regards to the changes to this year’s paper by distribution.As a reader of the [Northern] Star every Monday & Thursday, I would like to...
The rise in drug law violation arrests at NIU is actually good news.The 2015-2016 Annual Safety and Security Report, which was released Oct. 1, shows that the number of reported drug law violations had about doubled since 2013; the report shows 113 violations...
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...
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...
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...
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...
