If you get busted while partying in the residence halls, your parents might get a phone call about it. NIU Judicial Director Larry Bolles said a letter will be sent to the parents of underage students when a situation arises where a student poses a danger...

When Dennis and Stacey Barsema walked through the doors of the new building bearing their name several weeks ago, writing a $20-million check to NIU didn’t seem like such a bad thing. "I was floored, to put it mildly," Dennis Barsema said. "I was really...

Bill Cosby made quite an impression on the first-ever concert audience at NIU’s Convocation Center Friday night. The internationally famous comedian coaxed laughter from the 6,500-person audience about twice each minute during his two-hour performance,...

Nelly’s "Hot in Herre" was blaring from many a car stereo around the residence halls this weekend as residents new and old moved in. But that was the message coming from inside as well, as parents and students found the process a very excruciating exercise....

Weeks of training prepared them to face last week’s massive crowds. Move-in weekend typically is one of the most hectic times of the year at NIU, and the campus’ two bookstores are no exception. "This is the busiest time of the semester," said Lee...

DeKalb Police and University Police responded to a 911 call reporting an early morning fight involving 10 people inside Around The Clock, 1039 W. Hillcrest Drive, on Aug. 17. After arriving at the scene, officers arrested Josh Anderson, 21, of Rochelle;...

NIU students new and old were greeted with a bash on their first day back at campus. The fifth-annual Huskie Bash kicked off the academic year Thursday. While traditionally held at Huskie Stadium, this year’s bash was held at the new $35.8 million Convocation...

On those hot, sticky summer days, sometimes there's nothing better than chillin' in an air-conditioned theater. Here's a brief list of some of this summer's offerings. For a more complete list, click here. "Spider-Man" - Opens Friday. The classic superhero...

Concert goers left the cold, wet and windy weather of DeKalb Sunday for the warm Caribbean breezes found at the Music Building's Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. NIU's Steel Band performed its annual concert for a packed crowd. Many of the selections played...

Skyrocketing budgets? Computer-animated mutants? A Jedi craves not these things. But George Lucas does. Managing once again to raise the bar for ridiculous production costs with the May 16 release of "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones," the...

Forget about grade-school English classes or Hooked on Phonics. There was no better way to learn about adjectives, nouns and verbs than by doing Mad Libs. Since this is the final Weekender section of the semester, the M.O.O.S.E. decided to give you the...

Come next fall, one local band and NIU's communication department both will be missing one well-known member. Communication instructor Will Anderson will leave NIU after this summer to become a professor at Central Michigan University. He's been teaching...