This fall has been my seventh and last semester at the Northern Star, and it’s nothing like I expected it to be. This semester has drained me. It’s true that the Northern Star has been the biggest source of stress this year. It’s also true that I wouldn’t trade it for the world. My time.
I came to NIU after spending my first two years of college on two different campuses, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and the College of Lake County. I committed to NIU based on the fact that their journalism program was one of Illinois’ best. My career goal was to review films. Film is my biggest.
Northern Star
April 28, 2021
In less than a month, I will finish my senior year at NIU, and with that, my last days at the Northern Star. Since I started at NIU, I have been part of this news organization.
Four years ago, I started out as a nervous entertainment writer. Through my time at the Northern Star, I have since found my way and become the confident editor-in-chief I am today. I never envisioned that transformation for myself, not in a million years. I had dreams of running the paper, but those were just crazy dreams. Until suddenly, it wasn’t crazy. It was my reality.