Both the Convocation Center and the Rockford MetroCentre are facing financial difficulties this year. NIU’s Convo Center has had financial losses on a quarter of its events this year, while the Rockford MetroCentre has drained reserves and has used...

Recruits and the 2003 schedule were among the topics NIU football coach Joe Novak discussed Thursday afternoon during the Coaches Corner radio show at the Blackhawk Food Court in the Holmes Student Center. With about 120 people in attendance, the hour-long...

NIU’s Convocation Center will be roaring this weekend and it won’t be because of a basketball game. The Convo Center, 1525 W. Lincoln Highway, will host the Rolling Thunder Monster Truck Challenge Friday and Saturday. The event, the only monster truck...

Raising a Bible above his head, the Rev. Gregory Dell began his lecture on the church and sexual oppression. "This book is the foundation of my faith," Dell said. "But, I don’t worship it." Dell, a minister at Broadway United Church in Chicago, was...

A daily acoustic-rock, blues and alternative-country show called The World Cafe will now be available on WNIJ, 89.5, from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday. The World Cafe, with host David Dye, is produced at the University of Pennsylvania and features...

Are too many fraternities hogging Greek Row? Not if the ladies of Sigma Lambda Sigma have anything to say about it. This year, Sigma Lambda Sigma, NIU’s service sorority, will acquire its first house on campus by moving into the old Delta Chi house...

Forecasting fashion is never an easy task. It is time to get swept away by spring's bright, sexy and sophisticated new looks. Light and fun colors like lilac, coral, sky blue and peach are the new trends for spring. -As the weather gets warmer, it will...

The "Dead or Alive" fighting games were first made famous for their bounciness. What do I mean? Let me explain. "Mortal Kombat" had fatalities. "Street Fighter" had a hundred awful spin-offs. "Dead or Alive" had girls with really jiggly breasts. - So...

The Faculty Senate met Wednesday to discuss various faculty and student policy issues, and most importantly to debate the enactment of an office privacy policy. Mark Cordes, faculty rights and responsibilities chair, presented a new policy citing various...

More than 60 people packed into Otto's Underground the last time Fixate played. This time, DeKalb-native Fixate will play upstairs as the headlining band for a concert Friday night with Meqqa and Pelao. "Last time we played there, Mike and Joe was playing...

Controversial Methodist Rev. Greg Dell will speak today on campus about sexual orientation and the church. NIU will honor Dell this afternoon at a ceremony celebrating the NIU Gender Studies Collection, which is the Founders Memorial Library’s new set...

Welcome everyone to the biggest heavyweight fight of the NIU women’s basketball season. Tonight we pit two of the greats in the MAC conference to determine once and for all who is the champ. In this corner, we have the hometown fighter, Jennifer Youngblood....