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Issues in Focus: What should NIU change first?

By Perspective Staff | March 19, 2014

Kim RandallAdding major-specific courses to NIU’s general education is key to enhancing the university’s curriculum and benefiting students.This change could make students more engrossed in their studies, boost grades and even increase participation...

Sex education should be a general education course at NIU

Sex education should be a general education course at NIU

By AJ Edwards | March 26, 2013

Something I have noticed at NIU is there are these displays in almost every building that claim to contain free information about sex and health, and yet I have never seen one containing these phantom pamphlets. Where did these pamphlets go? The optimist...

General education classes are pointless

General education classes are pointless

By Cody Laplante | February 20, 2013

COMS 100, ENGL 103, MATH 109: the dreaded courses first assigned to every freshman entering the gates of NIU. I think it is safe to assume there is not a single person on this campus that has not once thought something along the lines of, “Why do I...

General education classes are needed

General education classes are needed

By Hayley Devitt | February 20, 2013

General education courses are essential in making well-rounded adults of us all. I mean, there are many relevant things to be learned in all general disciplines, and it will be important in the workplace to be able to view a situation from varying perspectives....

Rate My Professor can influence class decisions

Rate My Professor can influence class decisions

By Parker Happ | October 10, 2011

When finals start to wind down and class selection for the coming semester begins, many students look to RateMyProfessor.com for special insights about prospective teachers. In an NIU student poll from a sample of 55 students, it would appear the RateMyProfessor...