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....

With the flu season approaching, it may be wise to take the time to get a flu shot. Students can get a vaccination from University Health Service during the week or attend a flu clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Holmes Student Center’s...

Hitting the back of the net is what soccer is all about. Freshman Chanelle Crosby has done just that this season for the NIU women’s soccer team. Crosby made her presence felt right from the start as she scored the game-winner in her first collegiate...

With the recent midterm crunch, many students are familiar with stress. Mark Fischer, a psychiatrist at the DeKalb Clinic, 217 Franklin St., has several suggestions for preventing stress. Limiting the amount of things you do was his first suggestion....

After stepping down from his position as general manager at WKDI last semester, Tukoi Jarrett watched silently from the sidelines as his radio empire crumbled. The Student Association asked Jarrett to resign from his position after he used student funds...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...