By Northern Star Editorial Board
| January 14, 2021
In Illinois, the MAP grant program helps college students ease the burden of student loan debt. But with a rocky financial history and the added stress of the pandemic, maintaining MAP grant funding is more important than ever.
MAP grant funding is...
I wish I could say what happened at the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday was unbelievable; I can't.
I’m not speechless, but the words I do have for this are vastly outnumbered by those I don’t have. Being 20 in this historic moment fills me with...
My New Year’s resolution is to . . .
. . . stop lying to myself.
Mikayla Magdziarz | Columnist
You know those recurring whispers of self-doubt? It’s 2021, and it’s time to terminate them. Self-doubt has never served me, but does it...
By Haley Galvin, Editor in Chief
| December 24, 2020
If you would have told me six months ago that my birthday would consist of me sitting in a room for five-and-a-half hours getting chemotherapy, I would have told you there was no way. However, that was exactly how I spent my 22nd birthday, at my sixth...
Most years, the gift-giving season seems to creep up on me. I try to think of everyone I need to get a gift for ahead of the big holiday craze and shop throughout the year, however, someone usually slips my mind with just a few days before the holiday...
The university announced Oct. 8 that the Spring 2021 semester will be along the lines of the Fall 2020 semester. For seniors, this means their last memories of college will be of sitting behind a computer. Not only does this mean seniors will miss out...
It seems as though everything one could say about the pandemic, including obscenities, has already been said. Rather than repeating the same pandemic sentiments you’ve heard before, I’d like to state an observation I have found relevant in my life...
By Northern Star Editorial Board
| November 24, 2020
With Thanksgiving fast approaching, the university released its plans and recommendations for Huskies traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday in a Nov. 5 email sent by NIU President Lisa Freeman. Freeman wrote students returning to campus after traveling...
By Northern Star Editorial Board
| November 19, 2020
During an arrest in the Lincoln Towers parking lot in August 2019, DeKalb Sgt. Jeffery Weese was caught on video choking Aurora resident Elonte McDowell, 26. On Nov. 11 it was announced that Weese would be resigning from his position in the DeKalb Police...
By Northern Star Editorial Board
| October 29, 2020
Election day is less than a week away, so it is important to understand what's on the ballot. Everyone knows about the presidential candidates, but what Illinois voters may not know is there is a new proposed amendment that involves taxes. It has been...
According to a mandatory diversity training “Conversations on Diversity and Equity” seminar at NIU that is required for all student organization leaders, the phrase “All Lives Matter” is considered an example of so-called “anti-blackness.” Things...
By Northern Star Editorial Board
| October 7, 2020
The Illinois Attorney General’s office ruled Aug. 7 that the NIU Foundation must respond to Freedom of Information Act requests after the foundation denied at least three requests since 2016. In the aftermath of this ruling, the Northern Star editorial...
