You have probably heard teachers, parents and advisers discuss lists of the top 10 or top 50 colleges in the country. The colleges are measured by components such as graduation rate, wealth, selectivity of admission, published research and alumni success;...

My boyfriend and I traveled from Washington, Illinois to St. Louis, Missouri to see the Chicago Cubs play the St. Louis Cardinals on Aug. 3rd, 2022. This would be the first baseball game I saw in-person, also the first professional sport I got to see...

I can’t recall the last time I’d scrolled through any social media platform without seeing a softly filtered video curated with angled shots of a beautiful person gently applying product after product from frosted-glass skincare bottles, clipping...

With August being National Minority Donor Awareness Month, Secretary of State Jesse White calls for individuals to seek education and urges them to become organ donors.  “I encourage everyone to register to become an organ/tissue donor to help give...

Since 1899, students at NIU have committed themselves to serving the greater populace of their campus by regularly putting out a newspaper. Now that over a century has since passed, the Northern Star as we know it today is moving to a more digital-based...

Growing up I watched Disney Channel a lot as I'm sure every kid did, but one of my favorites was Wizards of Waverly Place starring Selena Gomez, David Henrie, Gregg Sulkin and Jennifer Stone. I loved Alex Russo’s sassy attitude, the family dynamic and...

My journey at the Northern Star has helped me grow not only as a student journalist, but also as a person. The life and work management skills that I have learned since I joined the staff at the start of my freshman year in Fall 2019 are invaluable and...

Being a transfer student during COVID, I didn’t get to spend as much time at the Northern Star as I would have liked.  I joined the Northern Star in my junior year. I wouldn’t call myself a seasoned journalist, but I’ve been a part of a few...

While I’ve learned a lot at the Star, the biggest lesson that I’ve taken away from my experience is to believe in myself.  As a journalism major, I considered applying to the Star many times, but I always thought that I wouldn't be good enough.  Thanks...

At the time of this writing, it’s two in the morning and I am trying to summarize four years of working for the Northern Star. Being a writer often is made up of late evenings, fueled by Coca-Cola and a deadline. But as I write one of my final articles...

Having acne-prone skin means having to spend thousands of dollars over your lifetime and constantly hearing, “Just drink more water!” “Do you wash your face?” and “You know, if you didn’t eat that, your skin would clear up.”  People...