In this time of confusion surrounding the selection of NIU’s new president, the university has been reluctant to release information about the candidates. What has been released to the Northern Star is a list of more 200 sample questions from a packet...
The Chicago Public Schools Disrtict (CPS) recently announced the closing of 54 schools in order to save money, allow those students who are removed from their school to attend better institutions and add a more beneficial learning environment for the...
Many of you are probably familiar with a popular expression which summarizes the spoiled attitude of a comfortable lifestyle: first world problems. I like the Internet meme because it takes common but harmless complaints and subtly puts them into perspective....
Technology is taking to the hearts of classrooms; tradition chalkboards and notebooks are a thing of the past, replaced with PowerPoint presentations and laptops. When I heard that some professors allow live Twitter feeds to stream in large lectures,...
Over spring break I found out one of my friends at ISU is taking a class in which the professor uses Twitter for the lectures, which are usually filled with hundreds of students. I was told that the professor allows his students to use their smartphones...
Normally for Women’s History Month, or at least in the past couple of years, I would have compiled a mix CD featuring all female musicians to distribute to my friends and loved ones. However, I am unhappy to report that this year I somewhat slacked...
Something I have noticed at NIU is there are these displays in almost every building that claim to contain free information about sex and health, and yet I have never seen one containing these phantom pamphlets. Where did these pamphlets go? The optimist...
Guns don’t kill people. People kill people. This is the message that some are finally getting. On March 12, state officials put aside $20 million to revamp Colorado’s mental-health system as part of a plan introduced by Gov. John Hickenlooper in January,...
You are never too old to learn something new, so why should your age dictate your college experience? College life meant doing it big to Jerry Reid, a 68-year-old man who attends the University of Virginia as an undergraduate. Kudos to him, right? Here’s...
Sunday nights--the time when a great feat is oft attempted. Of course, I mean when students try to complete a plethora of homework assignments and studying that was put off for weekend festivities. This was the case for me March 17 upon my return to school...
The Northern Star Editorial Board is asking you to come forward. After seeing the FBI on campus— across the street from our office, in fact—we realized this school needs an open leader now more than ever. In the Board’s “Clean Slate” editorial...
I have increasingly noticed how little attention is paid to professors in those large lecture classes. With this in mind, I decided to play a little game of Bingo. Not normal Bingo, though--an adaptation of the classic game for a college lecture class...
