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All content by Bailey Eschbach
Grant Towers at NIU, a dorm complex that houses students in double and single rooms (left), and a ground view of One Bennett Park Apartments, 451 Grand Avenue in Chicago (right) (Zulfiqar Ahmed | Northern Star)

The pros and cons of living on campus and off campus

By Bailey Eschbach, Lifestyle Writer
March 20, 2022
Death on the Nile is a sequel to the 2017 film Murder on the Orient Express (©Disney | UK Press)

Film review: ‘Death on the Nile’

By Bailey Eschbach, Lifestyle writer
March 11, 2022
Kanye West at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival (David Shankbone | Wikimedia Commons)

Kanye’s behavior is cause for concern

By Bailey Eschbach, Lifestyle writer
March 4, 2022
The NIU Steelband will perform “88 Degrees in the Shade,” “Branches of Snow” and “Ivory Coast” composed by Robert Chappell, Beethoven’s “Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27, No. 2” and “Dream” composed by Liam Teague.

Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra to hold Spring Pops Concert

By Bailey Eschbach, Lifestyle Writer
March 2, 2022
Being a college student during the COVID-19 pandemic can be a unique and stressful experience (Madelaine Vikse | Northern Star)

Advice from college students to college students

By Bailey Eschbach, Lifestyle writer
March 1, 2022
The best way to store items that are more likely to wrinkle is to hang them up (Bailey Eschbach | Northern Star)

Tips to help organize your closet

By Bailey Eschbach, Lifestyle writer
February 22, 2022
A LinkedIn account has become an even more important part of ones ability to network with other individuals (Madelaine Vikse | Northern Star)

Tips to improve your LinkedIn profile

By Bailey Eschbach, Lifestyle writer
February 21, 2022
A photograph taken in Fort Lauderdale, FL; one of the top-three spring break destinations (Bailey Eschbach | Northern Star)

Top 3 spring break destinations

By Bailey Eschbach, Lifestyle writer
February 21, 2022
NIU music professor Rodrigo Villanueva, is the recipient of one of the 2022 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards and will spend four months this summer teaching and conducting research in Brazil.

NIU music professor awarded Fulbright Scholarship

By Bailey Eschbach, Lifestyle writer
February 16, 2022
TikTok, Outer Banks and whipped coffee are some trends from the beginning of the pandemic (Madelaine Vikse | Northern Star)

COVID-19 ‘anniversary:’ revisiting trends from the beginning of the pandemic

By Bailey Eschbach, Lifestyle writer
February 15, 2022
Supermarket aisle with empty shopping cart business concept

SNAP online benefits approved for two new stores

By Bailey Eschbach, Lifestyle writer
February 14, 2022
A vegetable tray is a quick, easy and healthy snack to have out during Super Bowl Sunday (Madelaine Vikse | Northern Star)

Healthy Super Bowl snack ideas and tips

By Bailey Eschbach, Lifestyle writer
February 10, 2022
Ramos is two-year-old mixed breed who is currently up for adoption at Tails Humane Society, 2250 Barber Greene Rd.

Tails Pet of the Week: Ramos

By Bailey Eschbach, Lifestyle Reporter
February 9, 2022
The Yuka app rates products from bad to excellent, based on the products ingredients (Madelaine Vikse | Northern Star)

How accurate is the Yuka app?

By Bailey Eschbach, Lifestyle writer
February 8, 2022
The sunset gleamed coral hues over the fresh snow that had accumulated over the Grant Towers parking lot.

Weather update for week of Feb. 8-13

By Bailey Eschbach, Lifestyle writer
February 7, 2022
TV shows are great for more than just mindless binge watching. Television gives us couples to look up to and envy the relationships they have on screen.

Northern Star Rankings: Top 3 TV Couples

By Bailey Eschbach, Lifestyle writer
February 2, 2022
Young people recording podcast in studio. Selective focus of microphone used by young man and woman while recording podcast in studio.

Podcasts for any true-crime lover

By Bailey Eschbach, Lifestyle writer
February 1, 2022
Netflix is a familiar app and platform for many people. The streaming service platform provides a weekly top 10, displaying popular titles currently out for users to chose from. (Madelaine Vikse | Northern Star)

Breaking down Netflix’s weekly top 10

By Bailey Eschbach, Lifestyle writer
January 30, 2022
A photograph of a line of customers waiting to get into Insomnia Cookies during the stores grand opening PJ party.

Insomnia Cookies opens new location downtown DeKalb

By Bailey Eschbach and Kyron Lewis
January 30, 2022
A photograph of the front of a Target store, highlighting the logo.

Target deals perfect for back-to-school shoppers

By Bailey Eschbach, Lifestyle writer
January 25, 2022
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