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Anna Scanlan

Anna Scanlan, Digital Managing Editor

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A chat with NIU baseball

A chat with NIU baseball

By Anna Scanlan, Ethan Gonzales, Zachary Bertram, and Joseph Segreti
April 11, 2024
Anne Frank’s diary rests open on display. Works such as Anne Frank’s “The Diary of a Young Girl” and Elie Wiesel’s “Night” should be taught in schools to emphasize their historical importance, not their literary merit. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Reanalyze Holocaust literature curricula

By Anna Scanlan, Digital Managing Editor
April 4, 2024
A hand holds a 2024 Best of DeKalb print edition over a table. Pick up your own copy in the news stands around campus. (Anna Scanlan | Northern Star)

Virtual Best of DeKalb

By Anna Scanlan, Digital Managing Editor
March 27, 2024
Anna Scanlan (from left), Olivia Zapf and Nick Glover in the Northern Star podcast room. Episode 5 of Star Notes discusses the upcoming Dune movie. (Anna Scanlan | Northern Star)

‘Dune’ is very sandy

By Olivia Zapf, Anna Scanlan, and Nick Glover
February 21, 2024
Ethan Gonzales (from left) and Zack Rodriguez sit down with Matthew Zuber and Jacobi Jackson from NIU wrestling in the podcast room. This week’s “All-Star” episode discusses life as a NIU wrestler. (Ethan Gonzales | Northern Star)

A chat with NIU wrestling

By Ethan Gonzales, Zack Rodriguez, and Anna Scanlan
February 19, 2024
Skyler Kisellus (from left), Ethan Gonzales, Emmalise Nock and Dawsyn Sallee sit in a podcast room. All-Star episode 34 discusses NIU gymnastics. (Anna Scanlan | Northern Star)

A sit down with NIU gymnastics

By Ethan Gonzales, Skyler Kisellus, and Anna Scanlan
February 14, 2024
Brynn and Sarah gesture wildly in the podcast room. They discuss Ushers halftime performance and the big game commercials. (Joseph Howerton | Northern Star)

‘The big game’ recap, minus the football

By Brynn Krug, Sarah Rose, and Anna Scanlan
February 14, 2024
Everything you need to know before watching The Big Game | StarNotes episode 4

Everything you need to know before watching ‘The Big Game’ | StarNotes episode 4

By Angelina Padilla-Tompkins, Olivia Zapf, Ethan Gonzales, and Anna Scanlan
February 9, 2024
Everything you need to know about ATLA | StarNotes: A Huskie media podcast episode 3

Everything you need to know about ATLA | ‘StarNotes: A Huskie media podcast’ episode 3

By Anna Scanlan and Olivia Zapf
February 5, 2024
Logo for ‘All-Star: A Huskie Sports Podcast’ (Graphic by Harrison Linden | Northern Star)

‘All-Star: A Huskie Sports Podcast Episode 32’ – Looking toward the rest of the semester

By Anna Scanlan, Ethan Gonzales, Skyler Kisellus, and Eddie Miller
January 28, 2024
Angelina Padilla-Tompkins (left), Anna Scanlan and Sarah Rose sit around a table. The second episode of “StarNotes” discusses Sarah J. Mass and her catalog of published and upcoming work. (Anna Scanlan | Northern Star)

[Photo] StarNotes: A Huskie media podcast – Sarah J. Mass, preparing for new ‘Crescent City’

January 26, 2024
The Springfield Capitol Building stands under a partly cloudy sky. A multi-party system could improve representation of the American public. (Anna Scanlan | Northern Star)

[Photo] America needs a multi-party system

By Kahlil Kambui, Senior News Reporter
January 23, 2024
A stack of four romance and fantasy books sit on a table with lights in the background. Many books are coming out next year, including books similar to the books stacked here. (Anna Scanlan | Northern Star)

[Photo] Books to look out for this year

By Sarah Rose, Assistant Lifestyle Editor
January 18, 2024
Angelina Padilla-Tompkins (left), Anna Scanlan and Olivia Zapf sit around a table. The first episode of StarNotes discusses the new Disney+ show, Percy Jackson. (Anna Scanlan | Northern Star)

StarNotes: A Huskie media podcast – A “Percy Jackson” recap

By Angelina Padilla-Tompkins, Anna Scanlan, and Olivia Zapf
January 17, 2024
A screenshot from this week’s street interviews shows Opinion Columnist Santiago Montañez interviewing students Kennedy Smith (left) and Kailyn Williams. Senior Opinion Columnist Emily Beebe and Opinion Columnist Santiago Montañez asked students about the El Niño winter. (Anna Scanlan | Northern Star)

[Photo] Street interviews: El Niño

By Emily Beebe and Santiago Montañez Bertoletti
January 18, 2024
Logo for All-Star: A Huskie Sports Podcast (Graphic by Harrison Linden | Northern Star)

‘All-Star: A Huskie Sports Podcast Episode 31’ – NIU sports wins out the week and the Corey Perry rumors

By Ethan Gonzales, Alex Crowe, and Anna Scanlan
November 30, 2023
Cover for 2 girls with a mic Podcast (Graphic by Joey Trella | Northern Star)

‘2 girls with a mic’: Black Friday shopping, concert safety, and Fortnite

By Joey Trella, Sarah Rose, Alex Crowe, and Anna Scanlan
November 28, 2023
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‘2 girls with a mic’: Thanksgiving chaos

By Joey Trella, Sarah Rose, Michael Mollsen, and Anna Scanlan
November 20, 2023
Logo for All-Star: A Huskie Sports Podcast (Graphic by Harrison Linden | Northern Star)

‘All-Star: A Huskie Sports Podcast Episode 30’ – How we became All-Stars

By Ethan Gonzales, Alex Crowe, and Anna Scanlan
November 16, 2023
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‘2 girls with a mic’: Sexiest Man Alive, ‘Avatar,’ the Grammy Awards

By Joey Trella, Sarah Rose, Emily Beebe, and Anna Scanlan
November 14, 2023
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‘2 girls with a mic’: ‘Loki’ Season 2, Will and Jada Smith’s shocking separation and Halloween

By Joey Trella, Sarah Rose, Anna Scanlan, and Zachary Bertram
October 17, 2023
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‘2 girls with a mic’: Fall fashion and songs, Drake’s new album and our favorite TikTok trends

By Joey Trella, Sarah Rose, Kaitlyn Lee-Gordon, and Anna Scanlan
October 10, 2023
Digital Managing Editor Joey Trella and Lifestyle Editor Sarah Rose sit down with Sports Editor Ethan Gonzales in the Northern Star podcast room. The second episode of 2 girls with a mic talks about the dystopian era coming back to our screens, a new TikTok trend, Lil Tay, and Usher. (Nyla Owens | Northern Star)

‘2 girls with a mic’: The dystopian era is coming back, a new TikTok trend, Lil Tay, and Usher

By Joey Trella, Sarah Rose, Ethan Gonzales, and Anna Scanlan
October 3, 2023
Digital Managing Editor Joey Trella and Lifestyle Editor Sarah Rose laugh with a microphone between them. Trella and Rose host a new podcast together called 2 girls with a mic. (Nyla Owens | Northern Star)

‘2 girls with a mic’: Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo and the Roman Empire

By Joey Trella, Sarah Rose, Angelina Padilla-Tompkins, and Anna Scanlan
September 26, 2023
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