Have a hankering for some live jazz? If you do, pick up Soulive's new self-titled live album. Consisting of nine tracks, ranging from five to 12 minutes in length, the album captures Soulive right in the moment of a live performance. The songs have been...

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), a mysterious pneumonia-like illness, is breaking out around the world, but if it shows up at NIU the University Health Service has a plan to handle it. According to a report by the Centers for Disease Control...

Tied for second place in the MAC West, the NIU softball team just needs to keep doing what it's doing according to NIU coach Donna Martin. The Huskies (16-14, 6-3 MAC) will play their first non-doubleheader in a week at 5 p.m. today at Illinois State...

At 3:15 Tuesday afternoon NIU Assistant Athletics Director Stacy Allie journeyed out to the soccer field to let the NIU men's soccer team know about its new head coach, Steve Simmons. "We're ecstatic," Allie said. "He's going to bring so much passion...

NIU shortstop Joe Mazzuca knows that overlooking a 3-23 Chicago State team is always a possibility, but not if the Huskies focus on the task at hand. "Coach [Ed] Mathey has said from day one that if we play our game, we'll be all right," Mazzuca said....

It takes dedication from students to earn a spot on the Princeton Review's top party school list - a dedication to drinking. Every year, the Princeton Review surveys 65,000 students nationwide. Based on questions relating to alcohol and drug use, the...

University Health Service recently received re-accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care Inc. (AAAHC). According to the AAAHC Web site, accreditation is a voluntary process in which an ambulatory health care organization...

It's spring. The flowers are blooming, the weather is nice - on most days - and the ladies are showing off more skin. But there is another reason to look forward to the changing of seasons this year. Not since NIU football coach Joe Novak was rockin'...

Starting this summer, the residence halls on campus will become smoke free. Currently, 58 out of the 141 floors in the residence halls are smoking optional. Students were informed during the sign-up process and hall councils about the smoke-free halls,...

A little less than two months since 16-year NIU soccer coach Willy Roy was fired, the NIU Athletics Department has selected a replacement. Three candidates were interviewed last week, and one was picked as Roy's successor, according to Assistant Athletics...

About 26 percent of NIU's campus is comprised of minorities. Because of campus resources like the Center for Black Studies, University Resources for Latinos and the Asian American Task Force, this percentage will rise. "Minority applications, as well...

The NIU Veterans Club will put on a Support Our Troops Rally at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday evening at the King Memorial Commons. The event will feature speakers and a reading of names of soldiers killed during U.S. military operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi...