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....

Students who have dreamed of visiting the Philippines, but don’t have the money or motivation to make it happen, can experience the next best thing tonight on the NIU campus. Philippine Cultural Night will feature Filipino food, games, music and lectures....

It’s hard to pass up a good deal, especially if the word "free" is involved. The NIU Convocation Center Board decided to waive the $3 parking free for Huskie men’s and women’s basketball games if three students come together and present their NIU...

Shaquille O'Neal: rapper, philosopher, B-movie actor, big Aristotle ... mummy squasher? In 1994, entertainment software company Electronic Arts granted Shaq a Sega Genesis fighting game, Shaq-Fu. It was a mistake - and perhaps the worst concept in video-game...

Released in May 1992, Pavement's master stroke "Slanted and Enchanted," an album of treble-charged, smart-alec sub pop from five guys living in five different locales, seemingly came from out of nowhere, and Matador records is celebrating the passing...

Welcome to Detroit, a city whose trailer parks are littered with hot female supermodels ready to age into old, tired, trashy ex-supermodel mothers. Not to worry, though. All the women have a superstar rapper in the making on every corner. Jimmy Smith...

One band used to live here. One band will tour Japan. One band lives in Iowa. All three rock bands have one thing in common: They rocked one stage Wednesday night. DeKalb's indie scene emerged late Wednesday night, supporting the formerly-local Bicycle...