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A brown cow with a tag on its ear stands on a manure-covered ground. Opinion Columnist Lalita Rai encourages consumers to avoid purchasing furs, skins and other styles of fashion that cost animal lives. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
Opinion
Fashion shouldn’t cost lives
A tax form and two arrows – one pointing up and the other pointing down – sit beneath the words "Look Both Ways" and above the topic of the week. Should taxes be lowered? (Jackson Shields | Northern Star)
Opinion
Look Both Ways: Taxes
A graphic shows a turkey centered in the middle of various autumnal leaves. What's the best way to spend Thanksgiving break? (Jackson Shields | Northern Star)
Opinion
Poll: What is the best way to spend Thanksgiving break?
Kayla Schaffer, a senior health and human sciences major, responds to a street interviews prompt. What are your plans for after graduation? (Northern Star Graphic)
Opinion
Street Interviews: Graduation
 

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A graphic shows money burning as an arrow, representing the United States' growing national debt, shoots upward. Opinion Columnist Ethan Ernst believes that the U.S.'s debt problem is a ticking time bomb with no simple solution. (Jackson Shields | Northern Star)
The national debt has no easy solution

Elon Musk, co-head of Donald Trump’s planned Department of...

An outline of Illinois is filled with a depiction of Lake Michigan's shoreline, healthy with green vegetation, clear waters and avian wildlife. The Northern Star Editorial Board applauds the state of Illinois' financial dedication to preserving the Illinois Lake Michigan shoreline. (Jayce Weir | Northern Star)
Editorial: Mother Earth wins with Illinois’ preservation plan

The recent decision by the state of Illinois to spend $73 million...

A protestor holds the Israeli flag during a protest following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s dismissal of the Israeli Defense Minister Nov. 5. Opinion Columnist Santiago Montañez Bertoletti warns that if Israel continues to navigate conflicts with little regard for human life, it’ll be no better than the terrorist organizations it aims to defeat. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
Israel crosses dangerous moral lines
Mt. Thamserku sits under a pink sunset sky east of Khumjung village in Nepal. Opinion Columnist Lalita Rai grew up in Nepal and attends NIU as an international graduate student. (Lalita Rai | Northern Star)
International student pushing through
Presidential nominees former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris speak at separate campaign events Nov. 4 in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. The Northern Star Editorial Board encourages Donald Trump and his supporters to accept their victory with grace and respect. (Evan Vucci, Jacquelyn Martin/ AP Photo | Northern Star Graphic)
Editorial: Move into new presidency with grace
A robot in a hat labeled "press" holds a newspaper in front of the Northern Star's red star logo, while a Huskie paw points accusatorily at the robot. The Northern Star will not publish any content created by artificial intelligence and encourages readers to review its AI policy. (Daniela Barajas | Northern Star)
Northern Star introduces its AI policy
 

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