By Northern Star Editorial Board
| October 2, 2025
Monday marks NIU’s 118th Homecoming Week. That means it’s time to get dressed in your best suit and tie or dress, right? Wrong, at NIU, Homecoming means something more; it's a time of Huskie spirit.
But, what is homecoming? Some freshmen at NIU...
Facing a federal mandate threatening the university’s accreditation, NIU made the controversial choice to remove Diversity, Equity and Inclusion language from its website.
After removing its DEI page on Feb. 1 in response to an executive order...
The planned roundabout to be installed on the intersection of Lucinda Avenue and Normal Road will make NIU’s campus safer. While this is a good first step, more still needs to be done to ensure pedestrian and driver safety.
The current intersection...
Student media outlets throughout the nation are currently developing their own policies on the coverage of international students and anonymous sources in response to an alert from journalism advisory organizations.
The alert warned student media...
The Anderson Hall Pool, built in 1964 as part of Anderson Hall, closed permanently in September as a result of low participation in its open swim programs.
The closing of the Anderson Pool is unfortunate because it leaves students with no pool option...
The role of a free press in a democratic society is to hold those in power accountable and inform the public with factual unbiased reporting. Any media policy that seeks to control or manipulate the flow of information is a direct threat to this foundational...
Northern Illinois University isn’t the biggest college in Illinois, however, it offers a wide variety of specialized programs, some of which are severely under-attended due to unawareness.
A majority of NIU’s advertising fails to mention these...
The city of DeKalb received a $50,000 grant for a new initiative to put police on Huskie Buses. While this may not seem necessary, this grant was specifically applied for to be used in this initiative and could not have gone to other areas of safety.
The...
By Northern Star Editorial Board
| February 26, 2025
As the shortest month of the year comes to a close, the upliftment of Black history should not. February is designated to be Black History Month and the celebration and education of Black culture should be year round.
NIU hosted a plethora of events,...
By Northern Star Editorial Board
| February 20, 2025
NIU’s Board of Trustees approved a $2 million entrance fee for NIU football to move from the Mid-American Conference to the Mountain West Conference on Jan. 7 after spending over two decades in the MAC.
While the move leaves the remainder of NIU’s...
By Northern Star Editorial Board
| February 12, 2025
During his first week in office, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency and signed over 50 executive orders, while revoking previous ones set by past presidents, targeting subjects such as immigrants, the World Health Organization, transgender...
By Northern Star Editorial Board
| February 5, 2025
In an economic climate plagued by inflation with an ever-increasing cost of living, protecting ordinary people, not the top 1%, in the U.S. is important. Our laws should reflect this and value consumer rights over corporations.
In 2025, Illinois introduced...
