I had high hopes for Dressy Bessy. A Denver-based indie pop quartet with a female singer and a cute sense of retro style, Dressy Bessy had definite potential. The band's songs combine syrupy doses of '60s radio hits with low-fi '90s garage music. Unfortunately,...

The men of Greek Row temporarily transformed into what resembled a screaming pack of wolves on Wednesday during the second round of the Tugs competition. Pi Kappa Alpha defeated Sigma Pi and Phi Kappa Sigma declared victory against Sigma Phi Epsilon....

Sometimes, just when the game seems out of reach from your opponent, the game slips away. Carrying a 4-0 lead into the seventh inning versus a 6-29 Chicago State team led most spectators to believe NIU was on its way to capturing win No. 23 on the season....

Counting down the days until summer arrives? Well, don't get too far ahead of yourself. It's still spring and NIU has one last big event planned before the year ends. Campus Activities Board's Springfest, begins on Saturday and ends next Thursday. Springfest...

A no name monk flees a Tibetan monastery carrying the "Scroll of the Ultimate" that is said to grant, you guessed it, ultimate power to whoever reads it out loud. However, the scroll also makes its protector nearly invincible, and this monk needs to be...

And the Golden Reel goes to ... Well, that has yet to be determined, but it will be announced tonight at 7 p.m. when the Student Film and Video Association hands out its annual Golden Reel Awards at Cole Hall, Room 101. This will mark the sixth time the...

They enjoyed their time at NIU so much, they said they would stay the night and party at Molly's Eatery and Drinkery. Theo of "Real World: Chicago" and Trishelle of "Real World: Las Vegas" spoke in front of about 750 raucous students at the Carl Sandburg...

Four teenagers have been arrested by the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department for a residential burglary that happened in Kirkland last month. The last of the four teenagers turned himself in Monday afternoon to the sheriff's department. Joshua L. Scheen,...

In addition to its hallucination-inducing appearance, the psychedelic carpet at Founders Memorial Library now has spawned a poetry contest. NIU students are eligible to pen a poem about the first level's brown-, orange- and yellow-striped floor covering....

Growth Summit members reviewed numbers on expected growth and development from representatives from the Center for Governmental Studies. The center presented numbers at Tuesday's Growth Summit meeting from a survey conducted to see what residents thought...

Altgeld Hall's renovation should be completed by January, said Patricia Perkins, assistant to the vice president of Finance and Facilities. The project, which started in 1999, was expected to be completed by fall 2002, Perkins said. She added that the...

After taking home 10 wins in its first 13 games, NIU's softball team has been in a funk. The Huskies (7-5, 17-17) since have won seven of their last 21 games. In eight of its 13 losses in that stretch, NIU has lost by one run and will look to pick up...