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Higher Education doesn’t prepare for real life

By Kyla Gardner | April 30, 2012

In less than two weeks, I will walk across a stage to accept the item listed at the bottom of my resume: my diploma. Colleges and universities across the nation will spend hours recognizing graduates during commencement ceremonies. I ask you to take just...

TOMS looks to sell shoes, not to aid

By Kyla Gardner | April 9, 2012

You may see a lot of feet today. They’re out for TOMS Shoes’ “One Day Without Shoes.” TOMS encourages people to walk around barefoot to “spread awareness of the impact a pair of shoes can have on a child’s life by taking off our own.” The...

Let’s save all inappropriate body parts

By Kyla Gardner | April 4, 2012

BOOBS! Do I have your attention? I should, because that’s the marketing strategy behind Save the Ta-Tas, a non-profit organization that donates fundraising money and 5 percent of its clothing and accessory sales to breast cancer research. The campaign...

Future of student quality for NIU means building mode, fierce competition

Future of student quality for NIU means building mode, fierce competition

By Kyla Gardner | March 7, 2012

In his Vision 2020 plan, NIU President John Peters identified student quality as an area for improvement for the university over the next eight years. This is the third installment in a three-part series that has looked at past trends in student quality...

Average GPA, ACT of NIU applicants rises, enrolled numbers stay the same

By Kyla Gardner | March 5, 2012

In his Vision 2020 plan, NIU President John Peters identified student quality as an area for improvement for the university over the next eight years. This three-part series will examine past trends in student quality, comparisons to other public Illinois...

Do your voluntourism homework first

By Kyla Gardner | March 5, 2012

Lying on the beach in Cancun is out; laying the foundation for a Habitat for Humanity home is in. Next week, four small groups of NIU students will travel to locations all over the U.S. to volunteer with NIU’s Alternative Spring Break. In the last decade,...

Don’t bust out the awkward turtle too fast; take in the moment

By Kyla Gardner | March 1, 2012

See, this one time, I spilled coffee on myself during a job interview. I’d like to think this will never happen again. But I know better. We all know better. We would all like to think we’ll never fart in public or Freudian-slip during a presentation...

Northern Star wins awards at ICPA convention

By Northern Star Staff | February 19, 2012

The Northern Star took home 16 individual awards and an honorable mention in general excellence Sunday at the Illinois College Press Association convention.Several current and former staff members won individual awards for their contributions to the paper....

Lindsey Reinink, Kishwaukee College freshman marketing major,
chooses a flavor of frozen yogurt at the grand opening of Aspen
Leaf Yogurt 1013 Lincoln Highway, on Wednesday evening.

Aspen Leaf brings Fro-Yo to DeKalb

By Kyla Gardner | February 8, 2012

Before frozen yogurt shop Aspen Leaf opened its doors for business at 11 a.m. Wednesday, more than 100 people had already decided they like it. Retail operations manager Steve Perlowski said the Facebook page for the DeKalb store has received more attention...

FirstWorld is the Problem

By Kyla Gardner | January 16, 2012

I have a problem. I'm not sure what country, world or economic class of people my problem belongs to; a recent internet trend would have me believe that my problem, one of language, of an over-used joke, of a Twitter hashtag, is something an African child...

Author David Vann speaks Tuesday night at Barnes and Noble, 2439
Sycamore Road. Vann took questions about his book, Last Day on
Earth, which released in October.

The value of truth: Author shares struggles of writing book on NIU’s Feb. 14, 2008 shooter

By Kyla Gardner | November 9, 2011

David Vann, author of Last Day on Earth, a portrait of Feb. 14, 2008 gunman Steven Kazmierczak, believes in the value of truth. In the aftermath of the NIU shooting that left six dead and more than 20 injured, the media got the story wrong, Vann said....

Last Day on Earth, written by David Vann.

Last Day on Earth author comes to DeKalb for book signing

By Kyla Gardner | November 7, 2011

Author David Vann has investigated the life and death of Feb. 14, 2008 gunman Steven Kazmierczak more in-depth, perhaps, than anyone else. He will answer questions from the NIU and DeKalb community tonight. Barnes and Noble, 2439 Sycamore Road, advertises...