About three weeks ago, I was faced with a difficult decision. Should I continue MOOSE? Or should I search grandeur pastures? There comes a time in every young man's life where he must stop living in the past and start living in the now. He needs to stop...

The rumors have been circulating, but NIU basketball coach Rob Judson will be back in DeKalb and not at his alma mater, the University of Illinois. Southern Illinois University's Bruce Webber will be the next U of I coach. Judson heard that the Illini...

Four is a bad number for Cranston Murphy. Murphy, a junior pre-sociology major, has four classes and four finals on the fourth day of finals week. On Thursday of finals week, Murphy is scheduled to take finals at 8 a.m., 10 a.m., noon and 4 p.m. Anthropology,...

On Tuesday afternoon at the King Memorial Commons, during the annual remembrance day, students were reminded of the events and victims of the Holocaust. "I am pleased with the turnout," said Dara Rubinson, president of Hillel, the organization that sponsored...

The rain at Ralph McKinzie field didn't cool the NIU baseball team's bats Tuesday in its 7-5 victory over Illinois State. The Huskies (24-17) pounded out 15 hits, led by junior shortstop Joe Mazzuca with four and freshman Scott Simon with three. After...

Off to Las Vegas. That is where wrestler Bryce Hasseman, a redshirt junior, and assistant coach Raphael Davis will be from May 8 to 10 to attend the U.S. Open at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Hasseman is heading to Vegas with one thing on his mind,...

A member of the NIU softball family is missing. Tara Davidson, who played right field for the Huskies from 1997-'00, is overseas defending the country. Davidson is a 2nd Lt. in the Marine Corps and is in charge of about 100 people overseas. In her ninth...

Watch a bamboo dance, learn Chinese calligraphy and sample cuisines from Southeast Asia under one roof tonight at the Newman Catholic Student Center. "Taste of Asia," the culminating event for Asian American heritage month, will feature student groups...

"What do you call cheese that's not yours?" asked Aimee Panilio, a sophomore communication major. "Not-cho' (Nacho) cheese." That was one of the jokes that was presented at the joke-off before comedian Peter Lipsey took the stage Tuesday night at the...

NIU is one of several universities across the country required to enlist individuals from foreign countries in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, a Web base application of a nationwide database. About 770 NIU students are in the process...

Student Association Sen. Jeff Meyer filed a complaint Tuesday with the SA Supreme Court against fellow senators Frank Woodin, Andrew Nelms and John Acardo. The complaint alleges Senate Speaker-elect Nelms "improperly claimed legitimacy to the office of...

Finishing second is never easy. Just ask the NIU men's tennis team, who completed its season with a 4-2 loss to Ball State in the MAC Championship finals match on Saturday at the Anderson Hall courts. But Huskies coach Steve Rodecap knows that losing...