Thursday was a fine day for a beheading. In one of the six remaining Egyptian-style theaters in the United States, Candlewood International and Mainstage Artist Management presented "The Scarlet Pimpernal" at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St. "The...

Students shared their experiences of living with a gay roommate and being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered at NIU during a panel discussion Thursday night. As part of LGBT Awareness Month, the Residence Hall Association’s sub-committee and Believing...

NIU, along with the Central Management Services of Illinois, will hold a job forum for those interested in Illinois government jobs. "We’re looking for upwards of 300 people at the event," said Gail Simpson, program director for Minority Outreach. Minority...

NIU will host a one-day leadership conference called APATITE, which stands for Asian Pacific Americans Transforming Illinois Through Education. This is the first year since the conference’s inception three years ago that it will be held at NIU. This...

At this time last year, NIU’s volleyball team was working on an undefeated October. This season, October hasn’t been as pleasant. The Huskies have lost three of their last four games -- all at home. This weekend, however, NIU brings its game to the...

Ricardo Cortez Cruz delivered a powerful presentation Thursday at the Holmes Student Center’s Carl Sandburg Auditorium. As 7 p.m. approached, the auditorium began to fill with students representing every nationality with notebooks in hand. The students...

Lawrence Stoffel wanted to take his "kids" bowling in the worst way for a long time, but not the type of bowling that involves rented shoes. Stoffel, director of Huskie bands and assistant music professor, hopes the football team’s success in the MAC...

Explosions, fire and ash filled a Faraday Hall auditorium Wednesday night, to the delight of the 100-plus people in attendance. NIU’s chemistry department and the NIU Chem Club hosted the chemistry demonstration, which coincided with "Mole Day," the...

The members of Sigma Gamma Rho have taken a proactive role to reorganize their service sorority. The sorority was placed under probation last spring by its national headquarters. "We were put on probation for violating our national headquarters’ Membership...

Mama always said that pudding and phone sex are a dangerous mix. Barry Egan (Adam Sandler) finds that out the hard way in Paul Thomas Anderson's new film, "Punch-Drunk Love" (R, Columbia). Barry is a shy, introverted man trying to figure out just what...

The Barsema shuttle bus schedule has changed again. The current schedule is the third one this semester. "The change is due to students expressing an interest in a shorter bus route from Barsema," said Maurice Montgomery, the Student Association’s director...

The sounds of a piano filled Boutell Memorial Concert Hall last weekend as students from the School of Theatre and Dance presented two dance concerts. The money raised from the concerts went to Dance4Life, an AIDS foundation in Chicago. Art4Life is an...