Freshman distance runner Kelsey Hildreth is off to a solid start in her cross country and track career. What’s next for her after breaking three NIU records and becoming the first cross country runner, along with senior Meghan Heuer, to be named All-MAC...
Fatty’s Pub and Grille, 1312 W. Lincoln Highway, hosted a watch party for the Mid-American Conference championship, where students reacted to NIU beating Bowling Green, 51-17.
“It was pretty awesome to see the game. We did a lot of great passes this time around,” said senior English major Lena Al-Loussi, who attended the pub’s watch party. “It was also really different to watch it on TV as opposed to being in the stands, since last year I was in the marching band so I got to actually go to it. It’s a completely different atmosphere watching it with a couple of friends.”
This was Fatty’s fifth time hosting a watch party for the game. Guests were given a special NIU football schedule beer mug for coming to the party.
John Cheney, interim associate vice president of Facilities, introduces design firms Sunday at the Student Association Senate meeting in the Holmes Student Center. Representatives from three design firms spoke about renovations to the Holmes Student Center...
Supporters of Pan-Africanism give speeches on Wednesday outside of the Holmes Student Center. Speakers talked about Michael Brown and the decision not to indict former police officer Darren Wilson for the death of Brown.
Husband and wife Greg and Kim Wheaton perform "Darlin’ (Christmas is Coming)" Sunday at The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway. The duo played winter-themed original songs and were accompanied by the poetry of Kyle White. White read a selection of his own work; subject matter included Advent, the season leading up to Christmas, and his love of Wisconsin.
Sophomore guard Aaric Armstead (23) goes up for a dunk Thursday at the Convocation Center in the game against the Idaho Vandals. The Huskies hit the road for the first time this season when they take on the Iowa Hawkeyes, of the Big Ten, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Iowa City, Iowa.
Students file out of class Sept. 10 in DuSable Hall. Business management professor Eric Wasowicz’s class has been working on a project to solve the problem of declining enrollment and retention at NIU. The entrepreneurship and business model implementation...
Student Trustee Paul Julion discusses a recommendation approved by the Board of Trustees, which aims to enhance cellphone signals on campus in “dead areas,” such as New Residence Hall and DuSable Hall, Sunday night at the Student Association Senate...
A resident of the Canfield Green apartments in Ferguson, Mo., who lived right above the spot where Michael Brown was killed, move out on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, in advance of a St. Louis county grand jury decision. The woman and her niece both declined...
Freshman art major Ally Moraga walks the stage at the Miss Asia 2014 event Wednesday in the Holmes Student Center’s Carl Sandburg Auditorium. Moraga was dressed in traditional Phillipine dress to represent the Phillipines at the event, which was hosted...
German Department Chair Katharina Barbe shows her West Berliner passport and a piece of the Berlin Wall at the 25 Years After: The Fall of the Berlin Wall event Thursday in Cole Hall, Room 100. Known in German as "Der Mauerfall," the Berlin Wall fell in Nov. 9, 1989. 25 Years After: The Fall of the Berlin Wall included presentations by professors Dennis Brain and Katharina Barbe about the history and impact of the wall. Barbe, who was raised in West Berlin, shared stories about living near the Berlin Wall.
