The Northern Star has outdone itself this time. Recently, the “editors” of the Northern Star stated that its Editorial Board felt that the leadership of both the University and the Student Association were “out of touch” from ordinary students...

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...

At about 3:10 a.m. Wednesday, students received an NIU text alert warning of an off-campus, fatal shooting that occurred an hour earlier. Students were advised to avoid unnecessary travel because the shooter was still at large.Sep. 28, the last time NIU...

After exactly two months of protests, the Occupy Wall Street movement is no closer to accomplishing any sort of goal. The movement started Sept. 17 when protesters tried pitching tents in front of the New York Stock Exchange to protest the uneven distribution...

Registration for the spring 2012 semester has begun and, once again, it is a frustrating process. The Northern Star Editorial Board already wrote about the huge problem of departments only offering some of the courses in the course catalogue; however,...

What can we learn from tragedy? David Vann's new book, Last Day on Earth, aims in part to understand what makes someone walk into a crowded lecture hall and open fire. His book focuses on Steven Kazmierczak, the man who killed five students and wounded...

NIU has earned a C average in coursework this year.The university offers many courses to students on the pages of its undergraduate catalog, but it only offers about 71 percent of those courses in a classroom.In accountancy, 77 percent of courses that...

In Thursday's paper, the Northern Star's editorial board said it will address NIU's plan to increase enrollment to 30,000 students by 2020. Vision 2020 boasts many positive additions to the campus; but the board feels this initiative fails to identify...

Since President John Peters announced his plan to attract higher quality students while increasing NIU's enrollment to 30,000 by 2020, the Northern Star has had it's doubts.To us, the idea sounds like a paradox. How can NIU attempt to improve its overall...