ConocoPhillips' Willow Project, a large-scale oil drilling project located in the National Petroleum Reserve on the North Slope of Alaska, was approved by the Biden administration on March 13.
Following this decision, a heated debate has ensued between...
Dorm safety is an important issue that needs to be addressed. Many college students spend most of the year living in dorms and they should not have to fear for their lives and safety.
According to NIU Police Department crime logs from January 2023...
Editor’s note: Joey Trella, opinion editor and NIU student-athlete, was not a part of writing this editorial.
NIU women’s sports have proven to the world that they deserve more eyes and attention from the NIU student body and fans.
Students...
WeCare4NIU is an SGA-approved student organization and outreach group for the We Care Pregnancy Clinic in DeKalb, however, its name is misleading.
There is no doubt that the organization does care for NIU students and wishes to help pregnant people...
By Lucy Atkinson, Opinion Columnist
| March 29, 2023
Illinois Congress should pass the bill to legalize natural organic reduction, or human composting. Think the circle of life, not the woodchipper scene from “Fargo.”
Proposed by Rep. Kelly Cassidy, D-Chicago, the bill was recently passed by the...
I remember the day like it was yesterday. I was six years old when I got my first pet.
My brother and I spent years begging and bugging our mother for a dog. She would refuse: “Who will take care of it?,” “Neither of you are responsible,” “It’ll...
By Lucy Atkinson, Opinion Columnist
| March 28, 2023
DeKALB – The Huskies on Parade statues sprinkled across DeKalb have served as a source of unity and remembrance since they were installed in memorial of the Feb. 14 shooting at NIU.
The theft of one such colorful Huskie, however, is a shock and...
Since 2002 there have been three separate live-action adaptations of Marvel’s Spider-Man with three different actors. The question is, who did it best?
Tobey Maguire
Tobey Maguire will forever remain in the hearts of many, as the first Spider-Man....
The Student Government Association’s purpose is to represent and be the voice of the student body. That cannot happen if students don’t use their voices.
The SGA is a student organization that aims to be the voice of NIU students to the administration....
By Emily Beebe, Opinion Columnist
| March 26, 2023
College students are no strangers to stress. There is constant pressure to succeed academically, professionally and even socially. Universities can help provide relief for students by offering different programs such as therapy animals.
While dogs...
On July 1, some of the country’s most thinly veiled anti-transgender legislation will take effect in Tennessee.
This amendment to Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-51-1401, criminalizes “performance in a location other than an adult cabaret...
