What happened to the days of waking up on Saturday mornings to our favorite formula of cartoons and commercials? I can remember hopping out of bed in my footed-pajamas, watching Power Rangers and trying to figure out how to eat my cereal without taking...

Historically speaking, the youth of America have always had one of the lowest voting turnouts. This week's Student Association elections saw about a thousand students on a 20,000+ campus turnout to vote, despite it's relative ease to do so. For this...

On Thursday, the NIU Board of Trustees took the next step in constructing a new residence hall on campus. As NIU President John Peters has said, NIU needs to be able to compete with other universities. For this week’s “In Focus,” various Northern...

If you have you noticed an increase in your expenses lately, in addition to the feeling you would get after being cheated out of a card game, it might not be because of your frequent trips to your favorite fast food chain. Reality is, lately, more companies...

This Saturday marks the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 Americans and single-handedly defined a generation. For this week's "In Focus," various Northern Star columnists and editors will weigh in on this question: 9 years...

American society today is based on a "quick fix." To name a few things popular within our culture, we have high-speed internet, same day grocery delivery service, fast food, and get-rich-quick schemes. But of course, advancement in technology and the...

For the past couple of months, politicians, pundits, and ordinary citizens have weighed in on the Cordoba House, an Islamic community center (with a mosque) that would be built within two blocks of Ground Zero. As part of our new "In Focus" series, various...