NIU students and members of the Greek community will splash around Sunday at the conclusion of Delta Gamma’s 23rd annual Anchor Splash events. Sixteen groups, which include fraternities, sororities and the NIU Silverettes, are participating in this...

Dances, duets, poems and artwork will be presented at the DeKalb Area Women’s Center’s annual Herstorical Tea Program to celebrate Women’s History Month. A tea party is assembled to recognize the history behind women’s movements, said Anna Marie...

The NIU Board of Trustees has a cure for cold feet in Douglas Hall. Next year, Douglas Hall’s A and B wing floors will be recarpeted, and the tile floors in the rooms will be carpeted, said Bob Albanese, associate vice president for Finance and Facilities....

-With dark shades covering their eyes and black ties around their necks, Mission Improvable members proved they could associate BENGAY, prophylactics and sex with llamas and more. Framed by darkness and a spotlight, Mission Improvable, made up of Agents...

Lucien Stryk, former NIU English professor and world-renowned Zen poet, will be honored Friday by The Association of Writers and Writing Programs in Chicago. Stryk worked at NIU from 1958 until 1991, and has written or edited two dozen volumes of poetry,...

As Women's History Month comes to a close, the NIU Women's Studies Program and the Graduate Colloquium Committee will sponsor Nancy Naples, who will speak about women's issues at 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. today. In her first informal workshop, "Feminist Activism...

-Thank you for your interest in rap's "Fifteen Weeks Of Fame" club. Below is an application for enrollment. Make sure to include sample lyrics. Name: Cassidy Album: "Split Personality" Required song about bling: "Husslin'" —"I peel off bills and they...

-There is an indescribable feeling you get by viewing a movie in the theater. Sharing an experience with 200 like-minded people who all are there to watch a movie is great. This feeling always is heightened when the movie is a thriller. With every twist...

March is coming to an end, which means brackets are becoming busted, Sammy is recorking his bats and April flowers are about to beget May showers or something like that. It also is nearing that time of year when NIU students are preparing to dance with...

The NIU Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) is building its fourth race car for the International SAE Formula. The competition is from May 19 to May 23 at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich. Each year, 125 schools from all over the world compete,...

-The Weekender rode NIU's Late Night Ride Service from midnight to 4 a.m. last Friday and Saturday. This is our story. Note: Some names have been withheld to protect the innocent. Others we collected and exploited whenever possible. 12:30 a.m.: University...

-David Byrne has tapped into something on his new album "Grown Backwards." What that something is, is hard to pin down. "Grown Backwards" opens with "Glass, Concrete & Stone," with rhythms that make one worry Byrne finally has fallen headlong into...