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Fill In the Blank: My unconventional study habit is …

By Northern Star Editorial Board | April 29, 2019

Haley Galvin | Perspective EditorMy weird study habit is listening to music I do not know or instrumental music. I have a hard time staying focused on studying and sometimes find it hard not to get distracted. I have found listening to music helps me...

Cross hosts discussion about allegations

By Noah Thornburgh | March 28, 2019

DeKALB — At 10 p.m. Wednesday, Student Association President Khiree Cross and Chief of Staff Citrick Davis held an event titled The State of the Student Association Address in the Campus Life Building, Room 100. Cross and Davis used the time to address...

Fill in the blank: My year at NIU will be…..

By Northern Star Staff | August 27, 2018

Tatianna Salisbury | Editor-in-ChiefSeniorWhen you work for the Northern Star, your life becomes the Northern Star, and that’s just the way I like it. I love being glued to my desk, working on multiple stories at a time and constantly searching for...

Top editors bid farewell

By Angela L. Pagan | May 7, 2018

Thank you Northern Star familyAngela L. Pagan | Editor-in-Chief After four years of living in the Campus Life Building Room 130, today I say goodbye to my family at the Northern Star.I have gone from columnist to perspective editor to editor-in-chief...

Top Editors’ farewell to the Star

By Top Editors | May 8, 2017

Chief shares in a sweet, final send-offJay Ibarra | Editor-in-ChiefToday is my last day as Editor-in-Chief, and I am graduating this Saturday with a major in journalism and minor in political science. It took me five years, five majors, possibly five...

(From left) Jay Ibarra and Nick Bosshart smile for a photo at the 2017 Journalism Banquet. 

Farewell column: Chief shares in sweet, final send-off

By Jay Ibarra | May 8, 2017

(From left) Jay Ibarra and Nick Bosshart smile for a photo at the 2017 Journalism Banquet. 

Northern Star drops Friday issue

By Kim Skibinski and Editor in Chief | December 4, 2011

I don't mean to sound cliche, but I've got some good news and some bad news. Bad news first: Starting next semester, the Northern Star will no longer publish on Fridays. Due to the bad economy and low reader traffic at the end of each week, cutting Friday...