Teams of two will race around campus today, searching for clues and mimicking the reality television show "The Amazing Race." The amazing race will begin in the King Memorial Commons for instructions and the first clue from 6 to 7 p.m. The race will last...

It's that time of year to see the best that NIU has to offer. This year's Homecoming talent show will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. Each performer will have up to five minutes to wow the judges...

On Sept. 13, 2007 the Maryland Terrapins crowd showed off their school colors on national television. Well, actually that night the students chose to sport only one of their colors. There was no white, red, or gold in the crowd - only black. That night...

When it comes time for Homecoming football games, nobody wants to lose. I learned that the hard way in high school, when it dawned on me that my high school football team played in about four Homecoming games not including its own. Needless to say, the...

Four days before the NIU football team takes on Western Michigan in the its homecoming game, the women will get a chance to show their stuff during the annual Powder Puff football game. There are eight organizations taking the field this year, and they...

This year's homecoming parade will be "Choose Huskie Tradition." The parade kicks off at 9 a.m. on Oct. 13 on the corner of Garden Street and Lucinda Avenue, will continue west on Lucinda through the residence halls and end at the Convocation Center,...

Editor's note: Emily Sturnfield's personal email has been removed from this article.The infestation has returned.The "Humans vs. Zombies" competition at NIU, a survival-of-the-fittest outdoor game similar to cops-and-robbers, begins its second year Oct....

In May, NIU science students will have the chance to travel to Ontario, Canada, with two geography professors to simulate global warming and observe the effects changing temperatures have on sugar maple plants. Geography department professors Lesley Rigg...

Today is the last day to convert a class with a pass/fail grading option to a regular grading scale. Students wishing to make the conversion can do so at the Office of Registration and Records, Williston Hall 220. Although few students pursue classes...

A member of the team that worked on the world-famous fossilized human, Lucy, is speaking at NIU. Biological anthropologist C. Owen Lovejoy will deliver a lecture Tuesday titled, "The Chimpanzee has no Clothes: A Deeper Look at Human Origins." Lovejoy...

This weekend, eight sororities put their strength and cunning to the test in the ultimate competition: tug-of-war. Tugs is annually hosted by the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity as its Greek philanthropy event. In addition to hosting, Pi Kappa Alpha members...

The King Memorial Commons was abuzz with music Wednesday. Dancers from the Northern Dance Theatre, affiliated with the College of Visual and Performing Arts, performed in a promotion for the upcoming "Art for Life," an AIDS awareness event. The AIDS Foundation...