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...

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...

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...

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....

NIU wrestler Bill Lowney was arraigned on criminal sexual assault charges on Monday morning. Lowney appeared at the DeKalb County Courthouse at 9 a.m. Monday, where he pleaded not guilty to the charges. He is accused of sexually assaulting a female NIU...

ake Shields had one day's notice before he was let go from the Huskie Patrol. Shields, a junior clinical laboratory sciences major, and the rest of Huskie Patrol recently learned that the program was canceled for the remainder of the spring semester....

Eleven years after an accident took one of his legs, Brett Falkenberg, 33, is back at NIU in his second-to-last semester working toward a second degree in journalism. Falkenberg says the reason for going to school after his accident was "for himself."...

f there's one thing students need more of, it's funds to cover the mounting expenses of attending college: tuition, rent, books and beer money. Even though many students feel they've already exhausted all of their financial aid options, there actually...

The NIU women's basketball team's trip to Italy that was scheduled for May has been canceled because of the current world issues. The team was scheduled to play a series of five games against professional teams from May 15-26. "With the current climate...

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,...