If you're deluded enough to think you can be just like Tom Cruise in Top Gun, the Midwest Flight Academy has a couple classes for you. Starting Saturday, Senior Instructor Magnus Myklatun will offer two classes in flight instruction at NIU. "The goal...

Think your Spring Break is going to suck? Well, the Weekender decided to talk to a couple of teachers and see what they'd be doing this Spring Break and hear some of their most memorable breaks from springs past. Ever thought that some teachers and students...

A church, a barbershop and The House. What do those three things have in common? Gag Reflex, a six-person comedy group, has performed at them all. The group, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, will kick off its Reflexology tour at 10 p.m....

David Gale is your average Texas philosophy professor. You know, the kind who's not above having sex with a recently-expelled student and not about to give up drinking. Oh yeah, did I mention he holds a prominent position in Deathwatch, an organization...

NIU wrestling has some unfinished business to tend to this weekend. The Huskies will take the road up to Mt. Pleasant, Mich., to take part in the MAC Championships on Saturday and Sunday. The meets start at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m on both days. NIU (15-6) was...

Wednesday's Faculty Senate meeting began with Faculty Senate President Sue Willis, as almost a routine, talking about budget problems. "The budget situation is still a mess and undetermined," Willis said. "President [Peters] was supposed to be here today,...

Cleveland, home of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, was jamming this past week as the men's MAC Tournament was played. In the matchups that went down on Monday, No. 4 NIU trounced 13 seeded Buffalo 75-53 in DeKalb. The win advanced the Huskies to the second...

Students should watch out for the Celtic Tiger prowling around campus. That's right. St. Patrick's Day falls on Monday, March 17. The day recognizes the patron saint of Ireland, but those who observe the holiday may be seen wearing green clothing or shamrocks....

With a gun to his head and all hope of escape lost, Fait (DMX) shouts, "I'm a business man, make me a f---ing offer!" "Cradle 2 the Grave" is a non-stop action thriller that numbs your senses to the bad acting and bad dialogue by keeping you on the edge...

Missed buses have caused several unidentified NIU students to threaten Campus Activities Board box office workers. According to a press release from the Student Association, several complaints from the Campus Activities Board have been made regarding...

NIU women's tennis coach Laura Scott said she's a product of Title IX, plain and simple. When Title IX was established in 1972 it opened doors previously closed to women. "In my high school, all the talk was about this great new legislation," Scott said....