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Shake your groove thing

By Shivangi Potdar | April 6, 2003

Nine sororities and two fraternities will take part in a dance competition benefiting a worthy cause. "Do It to the Crowd," a dance contest sponsored by Alpha Sigma Alpha, is an annual event that tries to get the crowd's response by getting it involved...

Tribute for ‘Deacon’ Davis to be a success

By Jenan Diab | April 4, 2003

The 10th-annual African-American Leadership Conference will come to a close today with the presentation of the Fanny Ruth Scholarship Award and a tribute to founder of the NIU Chance Program, McKinley "Deacon" Davis Jr. The tribute will begin today during...

Sexuality, culture and race highlight discussion

By Courtney Cavanaugh | April 4, 2003

About 20 listeners gathered last night in the Holmes Student Center to take part in a discussion about sexual orientation and race issues. Alice Y. Hom, director of the Intercultural Community Center at Occidental College in California and co-editor of...

Arena limits graduation tickets

By Megan Rodriguez | April 4, 2003

"Pomp and Circumstance" may play a little louder this year in comparison to years past. Graduation, which will be held at the Convocation Center this year, will not be much different though the location will be much bigger. Joe Coots, marketing manager...

Softball game called becuase of weather

By Jason Watt | April 4, 2003

Being down 7-0 in the third inning against visiting DePaul didn't hurt the NIU softball team. The reason it didn't was because the weather was as bad as the defense of NIU (14-10). The game was called by the home plate umpire in the top of the third inning...

World music performs for the whole family

By Samantha Henwood | April 4, 2003

NIU's School of Music will present the bi-annual World Music Concert showcasing instruments such as a flamenco guitar, a chinese zither, a gong ensemble and many more exotic instruments. "We put this on once every semester, and it's always a wonderful...

Greek Week talent show canceled

By Aacia Hussain | April 4, 2003

The Showtime at the Apollo talent show, which was slated for Saturday as the last event for Greek Week, has been canceled. A lack of interest and not enough material to fill the required time slots for the show justified the need for the event to be called...

What’s up with today’s weather?

By Aacia Hussain | April 4, 2003

A decade of disaster was revisited Thursday night as the infamous anti-war activist Bernardine Dohrn spoke on behalf of the atrocities that she witnessed during the Vietnam War. Dohrn served as an active participant in the radical anti-Vietnam War movement...

Wheeler tries to keep invisible

By Greg Feltes | April 3, 2003

A part of Bob Wheeler hopes that you don't know who he is or what he does for NIU. For that ignorance means that he has done his job well. "You have to be able to do a number of things at once in this job because so many things come at you from many different...

NIU faces hot DePaul team

By Jason Watt | April 3, 2003

After losing three of its last four games, the NIU softball team will try to get back on track in a doubleheader against DePaul at 3 p.m. today at Mary Bell Field. DePaul, who is ranked ninth in the nation, defeated No. 1 UCLA earlier this year. DePaul's...

Registration to begin soon

By Jeff Goluszka | April 3, 2003

With schedule books in hand, students across campus are preparing for next week when registration begins for summer and fall classes. Graduate students and students-at-large are the first to register, which they can do beginning at 7 a.m. Monday. From...

Jacko kidnaps Brashir, still denies surgery rumors

By Jessica King | April 3, 2003

Michael Jackson reportedly has taken Martin Bashir hostage at his Neverland Ranch in California. Bashir, documentary filmmaker and creator of the controversial "Living with Michael Jackson," has been chained to a tree until he "says sorry and gives ‘The...