When I first moved to Illinois my first year at NIU, I struggled painfully with homesickness. And like the tiny, acrobatic superheroes they are, campus squirrels helped me cope. I’m hoping they’ll help me face a different challenge this semester.
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By Jackson Shields, Assistant Opinion Editor
| September 10, 2024
My myopic self and I have problems. We’re not exactly on speaking terms.
Anxiety has followed me for as long as I can remember, but it was the worst at the beginning of high school when I was at my most vulnerable. During those years, I was a passenger...
Eric Kussin, the founder of #SameHere Movement talks about his experiences at an event organized by the NIU Counseling and Consultation Services Department on Tuesday in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center.
Students should be more active in initiating conversations with others as social interaction plays a significant role in our overall health."Scientific evidence shows that involvement in social relationships benefits health… Social ties also reduce...
I am not writing this blog for any type of sympathy whatsoever. The thing is, I’m still unsure if writing this piece is the right thing to do. Many of the my friends, family and followers on social media are unaware of the events going on in my life....
It would be great to have the power to turn invisible. I could mess with people and they’d never know it was me pranking them.As it turns out, it isn’t so fun to have a disease which does exactly that. This week is Invisible Illness Awareness Week,...
You know, it’s funny-I never thought I’d get tired of talking about myself. To those who read this, thank you. I truly appreciate it, whether you come to value what I say or you come to mock it. I swear my new found boredom isn’t personal–I’m...
The first day of class invokes a lot of emotions: anxiety, excitement, dread. For many Northern Star staff members, fatigue set in this morning, after a long night of creating the first edition of the semester. No matter how you're feeling today, I hope...
