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‘No’ to emails helps reporters

By Northern Star Editorial Board | February 6, 2014

Northern Star staff members pride themselves on their professionalism and their duty to report the truth.To ensure nothing but the truth is reported, the Northern Star does not allow email interviews. Northern Star journalists also do not send interview...

NIU ITS warns students of phishing scam

By Northern Star staff | October 11, 2011

ITS warns GroupWise users of a current phishing email, according to an NIUToday article.The phishing emails asks NIU GroupWise users for their email addresses, user names, passwords and birth dates. Those who receive this email should not reply, and should...

Online records make us more vulnerable to identity theft

Online records make us more vulnerable to identity theft

By Nathan Fulkerson | April 17, 2011

The Internet is a useful tool for social interaction, business, education and any number of purposes. However, this increasing use of the Internet for every aspect of our lives puts a lot of our personal information into online storage, which in turn...