Eddie began writing for the Northern Star in fall 2016 as an inexperienced writer for print journalism. His first experience reporting was covering the women’s basketball team and its playoff run in 2016-17. That experience fueled his passion for writing....
Tom Burton is the Sports Editor at the Northern Star. He is a double major in journalism and communication and is obtaining a certificate in digital media production. Along with print journalism, he is also involved with broadcast journalism with the...
Jessie Kern is a senior majoring in English with a minor in professional communications. Her greatest passions are all things writing, poetry, fiction and now news reporting. She joined the Northern Star staff in August 2017 and plans to continue working...
Lindsey came to NIU in spring 2016 as a political science and journalism double major, and she began working for the Northern Star toward the end of the fall 2016 semester. She is a freelance journalist for the Rockford Register Star and looks forward...
Directors Michael and Peter Spierig breathe refreshing life into their ghostly film, “Winchester.” The latest addition to the supernatural film-verse centers around the infamous Winchester Mystery House and paints dramatic interpretations of history.Widow...
NIU Campus Police are warning students about an increase of car parts theft.Police officials have been responding to theft of catalytic converters off of vehicles on and near campus, according to a Jan. 29 Community Awareness Bulletin.A catalytic converter...
WASHINGTON — Addressing a deeply divided nation, President Donald Trump summoned the country to a “new American moment” of unity in his first State of the Union, challenging Congress to make good on long-standing promises to fix a fractured immigration...
In this Jan. 25 file photo, the City Council discusses the possibility of voting to change the city’s current outdoor smoking regulations at public places at the next council meeting. From left to right: Sixth Ward Alderperson Mike Verbic, Fourth Ward...
Addiction is a symptom of disease. The U.S. experienced a 16.3 percent increase in the number of drug overdose deaths from June 2016 to June 2017, according to the Centers of Disease Control. Controversies about drug addiction have polarized the world’s...
