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]
NIU's Internet was down for an agonizing three-plus hours Monday morning.Here are the stories to read to catch up on news if you were part of the downtime:News Secular Student Alliance to bring in Dan Barker for speaker series Cesar Chavez to be honored...
Pass: NIU assists veterans with networkingMilitary Student Services’ Bridges to Employment event is a great way to help student-veterans get on their feet after returning from the armed forces.The event is 3-6 p.m. March 18 in Altgeld Hall’s second...
Effective immediately, the Northern Star will require employees to ask sources for their preferred pronouns.The Northern Star recognizes the responsibility journalists have to educate and inform the public while being fair and accurate in the representation...
The Smoke-Free NIU task force needs to maintain a litter-free campus by keeping ashtrays at NIU until the Smoke-Free Campus act’s July 1 mandate — not before it.In a January meeting, the task force discussed removing all campus ashtrays in or before...
Because of a deadline set by the U.S. Department of Justice through a settlement agreement to bring the website into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City Council was finally convinced that it was right to authorize an expenditure...
