There's some point in all of our lives when we say goodbye to our parents for the last time. If you're lucky, this experience occurs after many years of sharing good times-and bad times-with them. That point happened to me in eighth grade. My father started...

The night right before I moved into Grant South freshman year, I was sitting in my hotel room when I got a call from a friend back home. Nervous about my transition into college, it was relieving to see a familiar name on my caller ID, but what he was...

Have you ever heard of Oleg Kashin? If your answer is no, don't worry. It's not a name that gets passed around a lot, unless you happen to discuss Russian journalism on a frequent basis. On Saturday, Kashin, a prominent Russian journalist, was nearly...

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...