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Take a trip to the SOFA

By Cara Donfrio | October 21, 2002

This Friday, the NIU Art Museum is sponsoring its sixth-annual visual treat of international proportions. At noon, buses will leave the Visual Arts Building for Navy Pier in Chicago, where a show dubbed SOFA will be held. The acronym stands for Sculpture,...

CHANCE hosts Poets Nite

By Andrew Duff | October 21, 2002

Tonight is the third-annual Poets Nite, being held at the Stadium Club, 1311 W. Lincoln Highway, which will showcase 12 to 13 poets during a three-hour show. Poets Nite slowly has had an increase in audience size each year, mostly through word of mouth....

Death becomes them

By Andrew Duff | October 20, 2002

In the basement of Anderson Hall is a large room that is filled wall-to-wall with human bodies covered in white sheets. Brains float in jars along the front wall. The only sound between classes is the constant thrum of the air conditioner. "This program...

Parking fees up from last year

By Willie Mickell | October 20, 2002

NIU students continue to spend hundreds of dollars a year on parking fines. Some people park wherever they choose to regardless of the parking service rules, said Ron Pearson, coordinator of parking and traffic. "Our goal is to change the behavior among...

Cross country second at Wisconsin-Parkside

By Sara Zgobis | October 20, 2002

On Saturday the NIU cross-country team left the Wisconsin-Parkside Invitational by finishing in second place. Despite the cold temperatures Alicja Czajka (18:38) and Laura Dunn (18:53) led the Huskies. Czajka finished sixth overall and Dunn ninth. The...

Huskie defense steals the show

By Frank Rusnak | October 20, 2002

In a game that featured two of the best running backs in the MAC, it was the NIU defense that stole the show in the Huskies’ 49-0 Homecoming victory over Central Michigan. The win marked the Huskies’ first shutout of a MAC opponent since Nov. 9, 1985,...

SA Senate approves guide printing

By Sara Blankenheim | October 20, 2002

The Student Association Senate approved the printing of the budget guide Sunday night. The guide is a 130-page booklet that helps SA-recognized organizations formulate their budgets. Sen R.J. Gravel opposed the idea, reminding the senate of the importance...

Get help to help others

By Stephanie Gandsey | October 20, 2002

Students interested in pursuing employment with health care programs can get more information at the Health Care Job Fair today. The fair takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Holmes Student Center’s Regency Room. "Those interested in internships...

Man arrested twice in one night

By Nick Swedberg | October 20, 2002

One man was arrested by DeKalb police twice within a three-hour period for two separate incidents. Jason Berry, 21, of Chicago, was arrested first at The Dungeon, 1029 Hillcrest Drive, at 11 p.m. Saturday, according to DeKalb police reports. Berry was...

Better times, stronger signal

By Greg Feltes | October 20, 2002

Anyone who has ever lost a cell phone signal while in a residence hall has some idea of the frustration Gilbert Sebenste had been feeling - to a degree. Sebenste, NIU’s staff meteorologist, noticed a disturbing lack of National Weather Service network...

NIU prof. works on DZero project

By Jessica Majkowski | October 20, 2002

NIU physics professor Steve Martin is an expert on a controversial theory in the world of particle physics - Super Symmetry. "Super Symmetry is a theoretical idea, which we are trying to verify experimentally," Martin said. "The basic idea is that for...

Took graces NIU with art work

By Robyn Clark | October 20, 2002

Viewers of her work think it’s colorful and full of vibrancy and life. The energy radiating from her paintings and sculptures is as much of a trademark as her carefully scripted signature adorned on her pieces. Artist Monica Tookes was at NIU this weekend...