Get ready for a sea of fresh faces and wide eyes. On Monday, NIU will roll out the red carpet for its annual open house to try and persuade high school juniors and seniors to come to NIU after they graduate. Crystal Worrell, NIU’s senior assistant director...

The Northern Illinois Fall Home Show, produced by Tower Show Productions, is coming to the NIU Convocation Center this weekend. The show will last from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Elaine Kurtz, media and sales associate for...

Sometimes seeing a world-famous musician only requires a short walk. Fareed Haque, classical guitarist and NIU music professor, performed Thursday night at the Music Building's Recital Hall. Haque began without words, launching immediately into a melodic...

Local women will compete this weekend in the annual tugs event to raise money for Pi Kappa Alpha’s philanthropy, United Way. The competitive tug of war event begins at 3:30 p.m. Friday and continues at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Pi Kappa Alpha house, 900...

The only way to describe the performance is "visually stunning." The Baltimore/Chicago Contemporary Dance Theater performed its Bal/Chi dance program Thursday during their annual DeKalb concert in Anderson Hall. The theater was founded by NIU associate...

One acting group brought the understanding of the pain of immigrants to campus by portraying one families plight. Teatro Latino de Minneapolis performed the play "Help Wanted" Thursday at the Duke Ellington Ballroom at 7 p.m. The one hour play dealt with...

t’s the time of year again when the leaves change colors, the air is crisp and football is everywhere. It’s also time for Homecoming 2002 to begin, so get your black-and-red gear on and turn up that Northern spirit. This year’s homecoming theme...

As students in black, maroon, brown, green and gray business suits looked for success, recruiters checked for potential. The Career Planning and Placement Center’s Fall Job Fair was held Wednesday at the Convocation Center. More than 120 employers attended...

Hip-hop group Nappy Roots is coming to DeKalb. The group will perform for the first time in DeKalb at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5th, at the Holmes Student Center's Duke Ellington Ballroom. The Nappy Roots' major debut album "Watermelon, Chicken and Gritz"...

Fareed Haque, a jazz and classical guitarist and NIU guitar and jazz music professor, will perform at 8 p.m. today at the Music Building’s Recital Hall. He has performed extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad, accompanying artists like Nigel Kennedy,...

"SpongeBob Squarepants" is a cable-network monster, an oddity in trousers that has clawed deep into Nielsen ratings, stomping on smaller, weaker cartoons along the way. Kids across America wear SpongeBob T-shirts buy SpongeBob hats and brush with SpongeBob...

Graphic designer and NIU alumnus Michael McMillan encouraged students to "think outside the box" in his presentation Wednesday afternoon. "McMillan is a very successful graphic designer who runs his own firm and has worked for huge multi-national clients,"...