Pass: Warm weather to arrive in DeKalbThere is a high of 72 degrees today and I can finally feel spring coming to DeKalb.The warm temperature and the sun will sure be a benefit to students starting up school.The snow can melt, the sun will be out and...
Students should vote in the Student Association executive elections so they can have representatives who will voice their opinions to NIU administrators.The SA’s main job is to allocate $7 million in student fees to cover the needs of students. That...
The Northern Star now directs its writers to ask interviewees for their preferred pronoun. Northern journalists are dispensed from determining whether the person they’re talking to is male or female, singular or plural — the subject of the article...
I was appalled to read that NIU would spend $138 million (privately funded, thank Neptune) to upgrade athletic facilities. I was even more disgusted to read that it was being pitched as a way to help falling enrollment. I realize that it’s unlikely...
For those of you leaving DeKalb this weekend, Spring Break means finding someone who can be your love bug for the week.If this isn’t your first Spring Break, you’re already a pro; however, if you’ve never been on the Spring Break journey, you’ll...
Let us ask ourselves a most vital question: Are you, as a journalistic publication, more concerned with accurately conveying information to the public or advancing a particular far left-wing social perspective?I’m sure that one in your position would...
On Feb. 12, the Northern Star’s “In Brief” section discussed the Northern Illinois Regional Food Hub and Processing Center. I am writing to elaborate on the benefits that the food hub can provide for students and the DeKalb community.If NIU’s...
I believe we can all agree that this was a free country and that smoking is not an illegal activity. I also believe that the intent of the new state law is to protect, by providing a clean environment, the health of those that choose not to smoke.While...
Not every bathroom on campus features the charming broken tiles of DuSable Hall. In fact, some are quite nice.Here, we rank the top five bathrooms at NIU based on their amenities. If you ever need to get out of the cold, get away from class or, well,...
NIU's Internet was down the Monday morning of midterms week. Students may have assumed the apocalypse was nigh. [View the story "Here's how NIU students react when faced with a campus without Internet" on Storify]
