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Lexi Nebel

Lexi Nebel, Opinion Columnist

All content by Lexi Nebel
An identification card with the year of birth 2004 sits on a wooden table near a virgin margarita with a red cherry. NIU should allow students aged 19 and older to enter local bars. (Daniela Barajas | Northern Star)

Allow students 19 and older in college bars

By Lexi Nebel and Emily Beebe
January 29, 2024
A blue hand crushes the thorny stem of a rose into the palm of a pink hand, causing droplets of blood to fall. The phrase “he’s mean to you because he likes you” can have lasting consequences. (Eleanor Gentry | Northern Star)

‘He’s mean because he likes you’ harms young women

By Lexi Nebel and Emily Beebe
January 21, 2024
A hand drops a coin in a blue piggybank next to a graduation cap. Opinion Columnist Lexi Nebel believes NIU’s request for $116.4 million in state funding is reasonable. (Courtesy of Getty Images)

Illinois universities deserve better funding

By Lexi Nebel, Opinion Columnist
December 1, 2023
From left: Aaliyah, Lauryn Hill, Mariah Carey and Brandy form a collage. Who is your favorite ’90s female R&B singer? (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons (left), Tony Felgueiras, Pickpik, and Colson Griffith, The Cosmopolitan)

Poll: Who is your favorite ’90s female R&B singer?

By Lexi Nebel, Opinion Columnist
November 28, 2023
Steam billows from Patterson Hall West after a steam relief valve burst on Nov. 14. Opinion Columnist Lexi Nebel believes NIU dorms are too expensive for structural emergencies to occur so frequently. (Courtesy of Lydia Dunker)

Expensive dorms shouldn’t experience valve bursts

By Lexi Nebel, Opinion Columnist
November 15, 2023
Aaron from accounting, a black cat, looks around the cat play area with a curious face at Tails Humane Society, 2250 Barber Greene Road. At this time, Aaron from accounting has been adopted into his forever home. (Nyla Owens | Northern Star)

Black cats are not bad luck

By Lexi Nebel, Opinion Columnist
October 28, 2023

Street Interview: What’s the best Halloween costume you’ve seen?

By Lexi Nebel, Opinion Columnist
October 27, 2023
A man shows off his mullet from the side. Opinion Columnist Lexi Nebel believes a mullet can be a charming haircut on the right person. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Few people can sport a mullet

By Lexi Nebel, Opinion Columnist
October 25, 2023
A woman grabs at her torso with the female symbol around her. Some might be surprised to learn that women experience internalized misogyny. (Eleanor Gentry | Northern Star)

Check your internalized misogyny

By Lexi Nebel, Opinion Columnist
October 18, 2023
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy talks to reporters Tuesday at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Opinion Columnist Lexi Nebel believes McCarthy should never have been appointed as Speaker of the House. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McCarthy’s ousting was ironic and deserved

By Lexi Nebel, Opinion Columnist
October 11, 2023
A young woman listens to music through white headphones. What has been your favorite album of 2023? (Courtesy of Getty Images)

Poll: What’s your favorite album of 2023?

By Lexi Nebel, Opinion Columnist
October 3, 2023
The cartoon for this column has been banned. In a country that supposedly values free speech, books should not be banned so easily. (Nick Glover | Northern Star)

Book bans harm students

By Lexi Nebel, Opinion Columnist
September 28, 2023
A user’s log-in information hangs from a fishing hook under the sea. Students should utilize NIU’s online phishing training and stay educated on cybercrime. (Courtesy of Getty Images)

Stay educated about online phishing

By Lexi Nebel, Opinion Columnist
September 19, 2023
The woman in purple has a self defense weapon with her and she looks worried. The purple symbolizes her fear and anxiety as there is a figure watching her on the path. The other side of the composition focuses on a man in orange. Orange is a color of ignorance and greed. He is looking the opposite way and ignoring his surroundings, including the path. (Daniela Barajas | Northern Star)

Women’s safety on campus needs our attention

By Lexi Nebel, Opinion Columnist
September 12, 2023
A child playing in the sand. Columnist Lexi Nebel believes that adulthood is better than childhood.

Unpopular Opinion: Being an adult is better than being a kid

By Lexi Nebel, Opinion Columnist
September 6, 2023
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