Think all NIU coaches are living the good life? Think again. While the high profile sports at NIU (football and basketball) reward coaches with high salaries, there is a significant dropoff in salary for the lower-profile coaches. "The salaries are more...

NIU players confused, recruits left questioning, assistants wondering "What if?" and one Rob Judson holding his breath. If the domino effect that sent Bill Self to Kansas last week would've taken a couple of years longer, there wouldn't be any debate...

The emergence of a new student organization occurred this semester. Students Against Sweatshops is a labor solidarity group consisting of more than 20 members whose focus is to promote awareness of harsh and unfair working conditions for employees in...

Wednesday - 2:38 to 2:39 p.m. Relax with a bottle of water. All right, that entry doesn't exist in Crystal Hoppe's meticulous planner, but no one would be surprised if it did. Hoppe practically must plan her whole life to simultaneously handle serving...

The council chambers overflowed with people anticipating a public hearing regarding an update on the Savannah Green project at Monday night's DeKalb City Council meeting. While this public hearing was intended to field responses from the city council,...

An icon drawn on a gourd bowl may seem unimportant, but this stick figure dates back more than 4,000 years to the oldest known religion. Winifred Creamer, an anthropology professor, with a team of archaeologists, discovered the gourd bowl last summer...

School of nursing alumus Dan Pesut will return to campus to receive two honors and present a speech on the future of heath care. Pesut is a founding member of the Beta Omega chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International, a nursing honor society with more than...

"Corporations hate America," said Michael Moore to a classroom of enthusiastic NIU students. The controversial filmmaker spoke at 4 p.m. Monday afternoon from Michigan to students enrolled in COMS 496M at DuSable 148. As part of the course, titled "The...

For the first time in almost two months, the NIU baseball team will have to turn the tide away from a losing streak at 3 p.m. today against Illinois State at Ralph McKinzie Field. The Huskies (23-17) have lost four out of their last five. The team hasn't...

The recent budget cuts called for by the state of Illinois have the entire campus searching for ways to save NIU money. The NIU athletic department has been considered as a possibility by those around campus. However, according to state laws, it would...

After a slow start this weekend, the NIU baseball team rallied late in the final of four games to avoid being swept by host Miami (Ohio). The Huskies (23-17, 9-7 MAC) registered five hits in Saturday's doubleheader after Friday's game was postponed because...

The majority of the NIU wrestling team was busy over the weekend at the University Nationals at Harper College in Palatine, Ill. George Kirgan, who wrestled in the 174-pound class last season, was the only Huskie who participated in both the Greco-Roman...