The Student Association should have done more to recruit candidates for this year’s executive elections.Executive elections will decide the SA’s president, vice president, treasurer and student trustee. Students must attend a candidates’ meeting,...

Effective immediately, the Northern Star will require employees to ask sources for their preferred pronouns.The Northern Star recognizes the responsibility journalists have to educate and inform the public while being fair and accurate in the representation...

NIU officials must work harder than ever before to ensure community members know what budget NIU will push for it and what sacrifices it is willing to make in the coming months.The state is debating Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed $29 million cut to the...

NIU administrators must listen to the Student Association as it pushes for more student input in program prioritization.SA Senate is considering a resolution that expresses how disillusioned it has become with administrators’ support for shared governance...

The Student Association’s motto for the spring semester, “Engaging Student Solutions,” is a concept NIU can adopt in its initiatives.Experience, safety and health and sustainability will be the three “core tenants” of the SA’s goal to bring...

Students must make their voices heard at today’s town hall meetings if they want to play a larger role in NIU’s program prioritization process.During the prioritization process, NIU will use the list of criteria and the judgments of two task forces...

Journalists need the support of readers, and everyone needs to support freedom of expression — that’s a lesson everyone must be reminded of in light of the Wednesday attack on the “Charlie Hebdo” satirical magazine.The massacre was insane —...

Students who are sending nude photos or photos of drug paraphernalia to huskie_snaps should think twice before doing so.Snapchat, a photo messaging app, enables users to send photos or video clips, called snaps, which can be viewed for up to 10 seconds....

Students should make clear their opinions on a potential Metra ticket price increase from $7.25 to $8.25 before a final vote on the fare hike.Comments on Metra’s budget will be solicited at a Nov. 5 public hearing for Geneva and Kane County at 4 p.m....

In the wake of declining enrollment, it is time NIU informs the community of a clear plan to attract and retain students.One of the main purposes of NIU President Doug Baker’s Master Plan Thesis is to increase enrollment and retention. The project has...

NIU could and should have prevented misunderstanding of the warning pages that appeared when using campus Internet last week, sparking outrage across the Web.Some mistook the warning notices — which could be bypassed — for notices a page was blocked,...