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Tech usage isn’t best method for education

By Kim Randall | January 23, 2014

It’s a constant struggle: Student versus the almighty machine.That’s the complex many students seem to be well acquainted with as a result of their over-reliance on technology.This dependency ultimately takes a toll on students’ education.Bold assumption?...

Make life easier with Windows shortcuts

By Kanchan Singh | February 27, 2013

Are you tired of going to the start menu and searching for functionalities? Here are some cool Windows shortcuts which will make your life easier. 1. SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin) 2. CTRL...

Tech shortcuts to live by

By Kanchan Singh | February 25, 2013

Are you tired of going to the start menu and searching for functionalities? Here are some cool Windows shortcuts which will make your life easier. SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin) CTRL while...

Apps make exercising easier

By Jen Weddle | January 22, 2013

Need help getting motivated to do some push-ups, burn calories or choose music for an intense workout? Don’t sweat it. There’s an app for that. Technology has revolutionized our world in so many ways, including the way we get in shape, so it’s only...

The dangers of too much technology in education

The dangers of too much technology in education

By Cody Laplante | January 15, 2013

It’s everywhere! There is an insane push for technology, including increased use of smartphones, tablets, mini tablets, ultra-super-uber-duper mini tablets and whatever other devices hit the market. Yes, we are in a world where fast, small and virtual...

STEM Cafe event features strengthened materials

By Northern Star Staff | September 4, 2012

The latest STEM Cafe event will feature research and theories on strengthening materials at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 13, according to a press release from Outreach, Engagement, and Information Technologies.STEM Cafe speaker Michael Haji-Sheikh, an NIU associate...

Generation ruining romance

By Parker Happ | February 15, 2012

"Look me in the eyes and tell me you didn't break that lamp," said my parents when I denied any wrongdoing. It pained me as a child, but looking people in the eyes may be more important than we may think.In the 2003 movie Paycheck with Ben Affleck and...

Senior marketing major Marissa Jambrone, uses her laptop
computer before class in the Jack Arends Visual Arts Building
Monday afternoon.

Laptops in class provide tools, distractions for students

By Hailey Kurth | February 5, 2012

On Elle Woods' first day at Harvard, she walked, notebook in hand, into a classroom of laptop-wielding students. In Legally Blonde, a laptop seems to be the utensil of choice; at NIU, some students feel differently. Sophomore marketing major Joey Wolfe...

Technology doesn’t make the person

By Parker Happ | January 24, 2012

The Moken are among the last least touched by civilization. Living at sea for up to half the year, they are a 10,000-year-old society of people living in a 21st century world.In their culture, lessons are learned through an oral tradition that chiefly...

PowerPoints are useful aids for instructors

By Parker Happ | November 2, 2011

As a sophomore, my chemistry professor detested utilizing any other sort of teaching aid for note-taking except for the wretched overhead projector. She would scribble in handwriting as legible as chicken scratches with her arthritic, joint-bulging hand...

Second annual STEMfest educates children of all ages on maths and sciences

October 23, 2011

Caitlin Giles, STEMfest volunteer and sophomore mechanical engineering major, said the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics festival held Saturday is important for children."I think it's important to teach little kids about math and science,"...

Column regarding genetically modified foods was one-sided and misinformed

June 30, 2011

Melissa Mastrogiovanni’s column on Genetically Modified (GM) foods  is a thinly-veiled hatchet job, repeating a mixture of half-truths, lies and grossly misinformed opinions about this technology. This was disappointing, as Ms. Mastrogiovanni interviewed...