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The Stevenson Retail Dining Center stands with its doors open. Stevenson’s dining needs an upgrade. (Kahlil Kambui | Northern Star)
Opinion
Make Stevenson dining buffet style
An NIU safety alert pops up on a phone with an orange and yellow gradient lockscreen. NIU should continue releasing safety alerts for every reported crime. (Daniela Barajas | Northern Star)
Opinion
Send safety notifications again
The Folger Shakespeare Library’s edition of Shakespeare’s “Othello,” published June 2017, is open to Act 5 Scene 2 and includes a glossary of Old English terms featured on each page. Old English is outdated and should be abandoned in modern theater. (Lucy Atkinson | Northern Star)
Opinion
Old English ineffective today
Five “Just Dandy” panels depict the adventures of Dandy, the black cat. In this comic, Dandy finds himself charmed to the whims of a little creature. (Christa Kim | Northern Star)
Opinion
Just Dandy: Enchanted
A Supreme Court building and a voting ballot rest under the words “Look Both Ways” and the topic of the week: Trump on the primary ballot. Was the Supreme Court right to overrule Colorado’s expulsion of Trump from the state’s primary ballot? (Lucy Atkinson | Northern Star)
Look Both Ways: Trump on the primary ballot

Despite facing legal challenges in Colorado and Illinois based...

A huskie puppy holds a voting ballot in its mouth with its front paws up on a ballot box that reads “Vote!” Primary elections are just as important as general elections, and college students should participate in the upcoming Illinois primary elections. (Mary Ngo | Northern Star)
Editorial: Primary elections need your vote

Primary elections are coming up, and it’s of the utmost importance...

A person in a patterned sweater and sunglasses smiles as they cast a vote. Voting is cool, and young voters deserve to have their voice counted.(Camilla Dziadosz | Northern Star)
Make your vote matter
Rapper Killer Mike sings into a microphone on a stage. Killer Mike’s wins at the 2024 Grammys were deserved and serve as an example of why artist popularity should not be prioritized over music quality. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
Judge artists by quality, not popularity
A newspaper lays open on a table to a page that reads “Letters to the Editor.” The Northern Star does not receive many letters to the editor, but the Northern Star Editorial Board would love to see readers sending in more! (Daniela Barajas | Northern Star)
Editorial: Letters to the editor benefit journalism
A locker room is divided down the middle with aging and broken lockers on one side and sparkling, new lockers on the other. The Rec Center’s new locker room renovations are a good start, but much more could be done. (Debbie Allen | Northern Star)
Editorial: Rec Center renovations good, but not enough
 

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