DeKALB – Alternative Rock band Young the Giant will kick off Homecoming weekend and perform 7 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Convocation Center. Doors will open at 6 p.m.“This is the first time Young the Giant has performed at the NIU Convocation Center. We...

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....

With three days remaining until NIU football (1-1) takes on Wisconsin (2-0) at Soldier Field in Chicago, there are still plenty of tickets available for the game. Shelley Binegar, NIU assistant athletic director, said she expects about 40,000 in total...