Angela PaganIn regards to transparency with program prioritization I would give NIU a C+.I feel when the program started there was an intention to be clear about how this process would improve NIU overall; however as the process has gone on getting more...

Abby Zaccaria, columnistDeKalb can use TIF funds to improve areas of the city that are in need of maintenance. The TIF funds will expire in 2018 if DeKalb doesn’t use them for something.The DeKalb city council has been debating on what project the city...

Transparency in budgeting and a greater focus on our academic mission to provide a rigorous university education to the citizens of Illinois will significantly benefit NIU and the public at large. However, the program prioritization process as currently...

Catch up on the news and columns you missed this academic year by checking out the 10 most-read Northern Star stories.If you're interested in all the news -- and there was quite a bit in between the Huskies losing at Homecoming and the university implementing...

Pass: SA President plans good start to yearStudent Association President Nathan Lupstein’s plans for next semester will help students get more involved with the SA, which is something to push for.Lupstein said his ticket will look to create an app to...

If I’d had the money to attend Mizzou, I would have. That would have been an incalculable mistake.When I first came to NIU, I saw my enrollment as a failure. I was accepted into Mizzou and was automatically admitted to the school’s journalism program,...

The Student Association director of Public Affairs, Joe Palmer, stressed the importance of the Northern Star’s role during Senate’s meeting this Sunday and encouraged senators to read each paper and check daily for updates online.However, after a...

The recent decisions by the NIU Student Association Supreme Court are troubling and set a dangerous precedent.In its third opinion, regarding improper adhesives, the court in a 5-0 decision ruled that they will look at whether there is sufficient grounds...

The printing subsidy, which allocates $7 to students every semester, should not be taken away after the next academic year.Students will be allocated the printing subsidy for one more academic year, said Chief Information Officer Brett Coryell. Students...

Professors should start using Blackboard for all assignments since the printing subsidy will disappear after next academic year.Students are currently given $7 for printing each semester and will be allocated this for one more academic year. The decision...

Pass: Sporadic events help NIU connectCampus events going on during different days of the week are a good way to help students interact, while not interfering with their schedules.Events such as Friends of NIU Libraries’ Annual Meeting and Ice Cream...

This Friday will mark the 100th anniversary of the genocide of 1.5 million Armenians, Pontic Greeks, and Christian Assyrians at the hands of the Ottoman government.If Adolf Hitler learned about concentration camps in German West Africa, he felt emboldened...