Students this week have been settling in to their new class schedules, making friends and buying school supplies. In the midst of all this excitement, one must not neglect one’s living quarters.In other words, I would advise NIU’s young adults living...
I’ve come to realize we are no longer just human beings.With apps for everything you could ever think of, to countless social media sites to scroll through and life’s incalculable demands, we have become human doings.College students are some of the...
What are you going to do now?Classes are starting and while that’s the most important thing to keep in mind, many of us are going to be left with free time to fill between classes, studying and work.Now, you could spend that time playing video games,...
Your first year of college is like stepping into a completely new world. With this new world come new challenges.“From general experiences there are many issues faced by first-year students: more rigorous academic demands, a need to be more self-disciplined,...
Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., comments about the vote on the defense spending bill and his failed amendment that would have cut funding to the National Security Agency's program that collects the phone records of U.S. citizens and residents, at the Capitol,...
Pass: House members standing up to NSAThe House of Representatives voted down an amendment July 23 that would significantly reduce the data-collection powers of the National Security Agency.Typically, I would say our government failing to view the people’s...
Let’s face it: There is a big problem with our parking.It seems there are always students driving around in endless circles trying to find a parking spot, hoping they won’t be late for class yet again.It’s no surprise the general understanding here...
What current events pass? Which ones fail? Here’s one of each by Perspective Editor Danny Cozzi.Pass: Understanding genocide: Students travel to Netherlands to study atrocious crimesStudents traveled to the Hague, Netherlands, with history professor...
NIU President Doug Baker has been in our fantastic town of corn and barbed wire for only a few weeks. A March 18 Northern Star editorial noted NIU had a chance to change for the better, as many top administrators were on their way out. With a new president,...
I think there is nothing wrong with taking a longer path toward graduation. In fact, I believe taking an extra year or so can actually be helpful for students.Typically the end of one semester marks the beginning of a hectic scramble to plan for the next,...
If you’ve kept up with news for the last few weeks, you probably have learned interest rates for student loans are on the rise.But a more optimistic occurrence in the news was Oregon’s State Senate passing H.B. 3472 earlier this month. Called “Pay...
I go into every semester of school much the same way: constantly worried about how I’m going to pay for my education.As of this month, the interest rates on Subsidized Stafford Loans have doubled for college students from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent....
