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BSU and TKE meet about racist Snapchat

By Sophia Phillips | April 20, 2017

DeKALB — Members of Tau Kappa Epsilon and the Black Student Union met Friday morning to discuss a video of a man in front of the TKE house using racial slurs that circulated after being posted on social media April 8.The discussion was facilitated by...

‘A’ league plays in downpour

By Eddie Garcia | September 26, 2016

Eddie GarciaStaff WriterDeKALB | You can still feel the energy in the air after Thursday night’s flag football double header with Omega Delta (0-2-0) versus Sigma Alpha Epsilon (1-1-0) and Sigma Alpha Mu (2-0-0) versus Tau Kappa Epsilon (1-1-0).Omega...

PSK beats SAE in Tugs rematch

By Northern Star staff | May 2, 2016

After falling to Sigma Alpha Epsilon in the Tugs championship last year, Phi Sigma Kappa beat Sigma Alpha Epsilon on Saturday to claim the 2016 title.The last day of the tournament featured four matches, including Delta Chi versus Sigma Nu, Phi Kappa...

Senior kinesiology major Nick Natalizio tugs for Sigma Nu during an April 20, 2015, tugs match.

Tugs 2016: Sigma Nu looks to reach higher seed

By Krystal Ward | April 14, 2016

Senior kinesiology major Nick Natalizio tugs for Sigma Nu during an April 20, 2015, tugs match.

Fraternities train for Tugs

Fraternities train for Tugs

By Sabreena Saleem & Augustin Zehnder | April 16, 2015

Charles White, senior physical therapy major, said tugging is all about tradition and is something that got him into the Greek system.“I’ve done this for four years and I think we have a really good team this year,” White said. “We’re pretty...

Members of Phi Sigma Kappa pull their way to victory in the finals of the NIU IFC Tugs competition during last years competition.

Tugs: A history of brotherhood, tradition among Greeks

By Keith Hernandez | April 10, 2014

There is a sound every tugger longs to hear from the start of training in January: “This is for real! High bank, are you ready? Low bank, are you ready? Tuggers ready. Tuggers set. Tug!”There is a long history behind these words, which have been announced...

Hazing taken seriously at NIU

Hazing taken seriously at NIU

By Chelse Boutan | December 4, 2011

When a student came to class exhausted and wasn't acting like his normal self, a professor noticed and asked, "Why are you looking like this?" "I'm pledging," he answered. The professor suspected that the student might have been hazed and alerted Larry...

Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Alpha Sigma Alpha took first place at
Yell Like Hell at the Convocation Center Thursday night.

NIU makes some noise for homecoming at ‘Yell Like Hell’

By Hailey Kurth | October 13, 2011

The Alpha Sigma Alpha and Sigma Alpha Epsilon team was crowned the winner of Thursday night's Yell Like Hell at the Convocation Center. The annual homecoming event is a competition in which teams prepare cheer and dance routines. "It's a perfect opportunity...