Wearing glittering red dresses, the women of Gamma Phi Omega stood on the stage at the Holmes Student Center’s Carl Sandburg Auditorium on Friday night awaiting a pageant. The pageant wasn’t for them, though. This pageant’s purpose was to crown...

If there is nothing on television at 4 a.m. Tuesday, head outside and gaze upward to see a phenomena that occurs only once about every 33 years. The Leonid meteor shower occurs each November when Earth passes through debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle. However,...

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office has called the death of Joseph Brandt, 35, of Sycamore, a homicide. Based on an autopsy by DeKalb County Coroner Dennis Miller, Sheriff Roger Scott said Friday that Brandt died because of a gunshot wound. The details...

There are no signs that say "males only" on the doors of the Engineering Building, but that’s what one may think walking into some of its classrooms. Women constitute about 11 percent of undergraduate students in the College of Engineering and Engineering...

An annual essay contest held by California’s Independent Institute offers students and non-tenured faculty a chance at thousands of dollars. With the theme of "peaceful interventionism," contest organizers are looking for papers that address issues...

Skott Freedman, an acclaimed singer/songwriter/poet, will perform at the Holmes Student Center’s Diversions Lounge on Tuesday. Freedman will cover a variety of topics, including sexual tolerance and his unique coming-out experiences. He came out of...

One NIU fraternity is taking flag football seriously. Sigma Phi Epsilon’s flag football team, Sig Ep Strength and Honor, accomplished a three-peat in the NIU intramural league this season and is on their way to represent NIU at the regional tournament....

The DeKalb County Sheriff's office has called the death of Joseph Brandt, of Sycamore, a homicide. Sheriff Roger Scott said the DeKalb County coroner's preliminary findings indicated the victim had been shot. The details on the weapon have not been released...

NIU men’s basketball coach Rob Judson knows that starting the season against two teams that qualified for the NCAA tournament a year ago is great for his program. The Huskies will take on Winthrop at 6 p.m. tonight in Madison, Wis., as part of the NABC...

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a case of possible foul play in the death of a person who was found Wednesday night in Sycamore. Joseph Brandt, 35, of Sycamore, was found dead at his residence about 6 p.m. Wednesday. "The landlord...

Raoul Contreras lectured Thursday night on the Chicano movement and its context in the political atmosphere of today to an audience of about 45 NIU students at the Holmes Student Center’s Heritage Room. A professor of Latino Studies at Indiana University...

With the temperature dropping, students may want to be aware of the risk of getting frostbite. NIU staff meteorologist Gilbert Sebenste said it’s possible to get frostbite any time the wind chill - not the temperature - goes below about 40 degrees....