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...

The DeKalb Plan Commission agreed to rezone the former Stadium Club property from general commercial to light commercial Wednesday. Principal Planner Russ Farnum said the change had to be made because the property, 1311 W. Lincoln Highway, is zoned so...

An energy-filled mix of jazz, ballet and modern dance will be performed today in DeKalb. The Koresh Dance Company, based out of Philadelphia, will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St. The show is part of the Campus Activities...

Hola. Welcome to the Jack of all Trades where I join a club every week, make an ass of myself and then write about it. This week I joined the Residence Hall Association's "Swingers." And no, not that kind of swinger. I started life on two wrong feet with...

Sorority women will be honored at Iota Phi Theta’s "Behind Every Strong Fraternity Man Stands a Strong Sorority Woman" Women’s History Month Dinner. The dinner will be held at 7 p.m. today at the Wesley Foundation. 633 W. Locust St. Demetrius Harvey,...

Starting this summer, cars and Huskie Buses no longer will be able to pull directly in front of DuSable, Gabel and Reavis halls for drop-offs and pick-ups. About 1,500 linear feet of University Circle Drive will be eliminated as part of a $1 million construction...

-There were two very different crowds gathered in Chicago on Saturday. The first group was composed of several hundred war protesters carrying signs reading "Impeach Bush." The second group, which had more than a thousand people, were more likely to hold...

The NIU Campus Child Care Center is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Located in Gabel Hall, the center’s mission is to provide high-quality child care for the NIU community. For the first 22 years, the center only had enough room for two classrooms....

-Two female cellists in corsets and a drummer in suspenders: hardly the conventional composition of a rock band, but then again, Rasputina hardly could be called normal. Melora Creager provides the guiding force of the band as lead vocalist, cellist and...