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...

Barb Thomas is sharing years of her photography with visitors at The House. Thomas, a photography instructor at NIU, has a retrospective exhibit at the coffee shop, 263 E. Lincoln Highway. The exhibit runs through Sunday. The photographs show a progression...

Representatives from Lambda Chi Alpha's national office visited NIU on Tuesday to further investigate its chapter on campus. Lambda Chi also still is under investigation by NIU's Judicial Office and University Programming and Activities on the allegations...

Center fielder Jeremy Busch led off Tuesday's game with a home run over the left field fence and the Huskies never looked back in a 17-8 blowout of Division III Lakeland College (10-16). The Huskies (22-13) scored in each of the first three innings and...

DeKalb police received reports of about 20 vehicles with slashed tires on Tuesday. The cars were located at 1037 Spiros Court, 858 Spiros Court and 895 Pappas Drive. They all are located within a student housing area. Sgt. Jim McDougall of the DeKalb...

A DeKalb man was arrested Monday afternoon at Kishwaukee College after he was found with stolen property from an earlier burglary. According to a press release, James E. Lane, 19, was being interviewed by DeKalb and University Police detectives after...

Bodies were thrashed and spirits were crushed in Monday's first round of tugs competition. The 33rd annual event, which runs through Friday, is hosted by the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. The victors of the three testosterone-packed matches were Sigma...

If you have not filed your taxes yet, pick up your pen and your W-4. You still have some options left. First of all, if you expect to receive a refund, there are no late-filing penalties, according to the Internal Revenue Service's Web site. The reason...

Rob Judson had some good times at the University of Illinois. With the head coaching job open at U of I, if Judson wants the position, he isn't letting on. While Judson has been mentioned by ESPN's Andy Katz as a possible replacement and is rated as a...

Ah, the coaching carousel. What would any college basketball off-season be without a few coaching changes to stir up the competitive mix? For the first time in a while, this national mix-up might actually mean something to the NIU community. After Roy...

Palm trees, sunshine and the island flavor of the Caribbean made its way to "A Little Taste of the Caribbean," presented by the Residence Hall Association's Believing in Culture committee Monday night. The evening featured the NIU Steel Band on instruments...