Tickets will soon be on sale for a March 20 Convocation Center performance by country artist Billy Currington.NIU will be one of Currington’s stops on his “We Are Tonight” tour.Brett Eldredge and Chase Rice will open the performance at 7:30 p.m....
If students are looking for something to do or just want more cash in their pockets, they can attend NIU’s career fairs.The first fair NIU holds in its Convocation Center is the Internship Fair, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 18.Students...
Water, soda, juice — drinks a person might buy at a sporting game or event at the Convocation Center. NIU may add something else: alcohol.After President Doug Baker gave control of the Convocation Center to the Athletic Department, it began thinking...
When it comes to selling alcohol at the Convocation Center, the Editorial Board wants to make sure it doesn’t take away from safety, which should always be a priority.The addition of alcohol, if approved, will be used in an effort to raise attendance...
Doug Baker’s inaugural speech’s frankness was refreshing: Yes, NIU does face declining funding and enrollment, and its graduates are seeing fewer job prospects.NIU is at a turning point, and this is a critical time for higher education in the United...
Students soaked up the sun in late October at the Sheryl Crow show Saturday.Crow and Gary Allan co-headlined the Convocation Center show as part of their Free and Easy Tour. Maggie Rose opened the night with Southern twang, honky-tonk blues and soul renditions...
Beatles fans don’t need a time machine to listen to the band’s hit songs live. Fans will have a chance to see RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles 7:30 p.m. today at the Convocation Center.
RAIN plays an assortment of Beatles songs.
“I am a big Beatles fan, and I have all their music on my iPod,” said senior kinesiology major Jake Ackert. “I grew up listening to them with my parents. I think the concert will [have] a good turnout.”
The tribute band is changing its performance with a range of tracks it has never played before.
“RAIN adds even more hits ... the vast anthology of Beatles classics such as ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand,’ ‘Hard Day’s Night,’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,’ ‘Let It Be,’ ‘Come Together’ and ‘Hey Jude,’” according to RainTribute.com.
Down to their clothes, instruments and hair, members of RAIN provide their audience with a Beatles concert experience.
Some students are anticipating the connection they can make with the ’60s band.
“I like the idea of a Beatles tribute band,” said junior biology major Aaron Slaven. “It seems like a cool concert because they are really giving you the full effect of being at an actual Beatles concert.”
For many students, the idea of an internship seems intimidating and even scary.For others, it’s the long-awaited chance to make that transition from an undergraduate life on campus to a professional standpoint as an adult in the real world.Students...
President Doug Baker has done exactly what this university needed him to: He has taken quick, transparent action to fix the university’s problems.Friday, Baker announced significant changes, including the splitting of Finance and Facilities, the creation...
NIU’s top brass will see “sweeping organizational changes,” according to a university release.NIU President Doug Baker announced the creation of vice president for International Affairs, a spot that former Provost Raymond Alden will take on. Baker...
Pass: Changes made to Late Night RideLate Night Ride is reducing its service boundaries for the Homecoming weekend to give more attention to students and visitors, according to an NIU Today news release.The most important thing this weekend is to keep...
The Convocation Center will have only two big performances this semester: Sheryl Crow with Gary Allan and Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles.According to the Convocation Center events archive, from 2003 to 2011 there were at least three to five large performances...
