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Phi Sigma Kappa, Sigma Alpha Epsilon to face off in Tugs Championship

By Northern Star Staff | April 25, 2014

Phi Sigma Kappa defeated Sigma Nu to advance to the Tugs Championship, where they will face Sigma Alpha Epsilon 4:30 p.m. Saturday.In the first match, Sigma Alpha Mu beat Phi Kappa Psi and in the second match, Delta Chi defeated Alpha Kappa Lambda Friday.All...

Tugs delayed due to weather conditions

By Northern Star Staff | April 23, 2014

Tugs matches, originally scheduled for today, will be postponed to Friday due to severe weather conditions, said Interfraternity Council President Trevor Morrison Wednesday.In the first match Wednesday, Phi Kappa Psi defeated the Fratastic Four. Phi Kappa...

Letter to the Editor: Gang article caused unnecessary fear

By Benjamin Helton | April 20, 2014

I am writing this letter in response to the April 3 article on the front page of the Northern Star entitled “DeKalb’s Gangs.”The article started with anecdotes about the paranoia about gangs in DeKalb, essentially painting Phi Kappa Psi as fearful...

Greek Row gears up for Tugs

Greek Row gears up for Tugs

By Keith Hernandez | April 17, 2014

Everyone has their reasons for tugging.Tugs is a weeklong tug-of-war competition between fraternities and it will start on April 21.Alpha Kappa LambdaJunior economics major Matt Cavanaugh, Alpha Kappa Lambda president and tugger, said his team is ready...

DeKalb’s Gangs: Word of gang violence leaves Greek Row residents uneasy, but what truth is there to rumors?

By Rachel Scaman | April 3, 2014

Read a scroll version of this story online here.It’s 5 a.m. on a school night in late March and members of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity are just heading to bed.The fraternity brothers were up all night protecting their house from the gang violence rumored...

The custom light display at the Phi Kappa Psi house.

Junior electrical engineering major lights up fraternity house

By Ali Combs | April 23, 2013

One man, alone, working to light up the school he loves. With determination, a junior electrical engineering major did just that. Ryan Riddel, junior electrical engineering major, created a sound-responsive lighting system from the ground up and installed...

Members of the Sam Psi Tugs team raise the first place trophy in celebration after defeating Phi Sigma Kappa Saturday afternoon.

Sigma Alpha Mu and Phi Kapp Psi defeat defending champions in tugs championship

By Leah Spagnoli | May 2, 2011

DeKALB | In a rematch of the 2010 Tugs Championship, the Sigma Alpha Mu and Phi Kappa Psi [Sam Psi] team beat the defending champions Phi Sigma Kappa. Phi Sigma Kappa won the first rope while Sam Psi won the match in the last two ropes. “We had so many...

Brett Placek of Phi Sigma Kappa tugs against Sigma Nu on Thursday. Phi Sigma Kappa will move on to the championships on Saturday.

Tugs championship set to rematch from last year

By Shaun Zinck | April 28, 2011

This year’s Tugs championship match will be a rematch from last year, featuring the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity against the combined team of the Sigma Alpha Mu and Phi Kappa Psi fraternities. Phi Sigma Kappa won the match last year. Jeremy Sanchez, vice...

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