![Last week, the CDC released a report outlining record-high levels of sadness among teenage girls. Columnist Lucy Atkinson believes its time to listen to and support teenage girls.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/mental-health-900x600.jpg)
Teenage girls are suffering, desperate for mental health support
By Lucy Atkinson, Opinion Editor
| February 22, 2023
![The official graphic for the NIU chapter of The Hidden Opponent.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Image-e1664911649392-900x449.jpeg)
NIU athletes team up to take on a ‘hidden opponent’
By Skyler Kisellus, Sports Reporter
| October 4, 2022
This Is My Brave to host performances at Egyptian Theatre
By Nick Glover, Lifestyle Editor
| September 28, 2022
![Counseling and Consultation Services is located in Campus Life 200.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_3893-900x600.jpg)
NIU budgets to hire more mental health counselors
By Ally Formeller, News Reporter
| March 8, 2022
![A student writes down in a journal on February 9th, 2022. Journaling can have a great impact on ones mental and emotional state.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/journaling-900x600.jpg)
Journaling is a great way to improve emotional state
By Angelina Padilla-Tompkins, Editor in Chief
| February 9, 2022
![It’s important to set boundaries with social media to protect mental health.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2F61C062-406E-4F8C-BFD0-A0644891138D-900x720.jpg)
Responsible social media use can benefit mental health
By Zulfiqar Ahmed
| January 28, 2022
![SHEIN, an online store, has recently become a main source of fast fashion as it is heavily promoted across social media platforms through SHEIN Hauls.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/fast-fashion-900x600.jpg)
Fast fashion is harmful to both environment and mental health
By Summer Fitzgerald
| December 27, 2021
California governor makes homelessness top issue in 2020
By ADAM BEAM and DON THOMPSON
| February 19, 2020
California governor seeks to expand involuntary treatment
By DON THOMPSON
| February 19, 2020
Stresses multiply for many US clergy: ‘We need help too’
By DAVID CRARY
| February 18, 2020
Air Force suicides surged last year to highest in 3 decades
By ROBERT BURNS
| February 8, 2020
San Francisco to open tent ‘sobering’ center for meth users
By Associated Press
| February 6, 2020
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