Earlier this year, the Northern Star Editorial Board made a decision to stop running candidate endorsements. Nine months later, we stand by that decision. Many newspapers continue to endorse candidates during election season. The Chicago Tribune published...

Friends of the NIU Libraries has invited Rick Pearson to give a talk on the 2012 presidential elections, according to a Friends of the NIU Libraries press release. The talk will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 15 in the Founders Memorial Library’s staff...

How do you use your 140 characters when writing a tweet? For most, Twitter—a San Francisco-based information network—is a way to socialize with friends, share photos and read celebrity gossip. The real time network “connects you to the latest stories,...

Allegations of misconduct behind the resignation and retirement of two former NIU employees came to light in the Chicago Tribune Wednesday. Former Convocation Center Director John Gordon and Robert Albanese, former associate vice president of Finances...

An article in the Chicago Tribune today focuses on former NIU employees Robert Albanese and John Gordon and the different reasons for their leaving. According to the article, Gordon, former Convocation Center director, allegedly had a Convocation Center...

Jack Arends Hall, or the Visual Arts Building as it is more commonly known, holds two former faculty members at heart. Jack Arends, former head of the art department, was the reason for the Visual Arts Building’s existence, said Visual Resources librarian...

Top journalists were at the Campus Life Building Saturday to discuss the upcoming election and issues impacting Illinois. Mark Brown of the Chicago Sun-Times, Bruce Dold of the Chicago Tribune and Bernie Schoenburg of the Springfield State Journal-Register...

For the past week, the Northern Star's editorial board has reevaluated its stance on whether to endorse candidates. This stems from a Jan. 22 editorial from the Chicago Sun-Times in which the editorial board announced its decision to no longer endorse...

In the midst of the election cycle, the Chicago Sun-Times decided to no longer publish political endorsements. The decision of the paper's editorial board sparked a nation-wide debate over the relevance and usefulness of such endorsements. The Sun-Times'...