Category: Community
Every two years, with the January swearing-in of a newly elected Illinois House of Representatives, the legislature starts fresh. All bills and legislative proposals that were not enacted by that point are rendered null and void when the new General Assembly is convened. The last assembly, the 96th in the state’s history, introduced more than 13,000...
The Northern Illinois baseball team will display St. Patrick’s Day spirit Thursday, March 17, against the University of Illinois. The Huskies will don special green jerseys and hats for the in-state matchup and then auction off the jerseys Sunday, March 27, at Fatty’s Pub & Grille. NIU players initially will wear the unique uniforms against the Illini...
The 13th annual “Empty Bowls” project is scheduled for Wednesday, March 30. Reservations are recommended for either of the two seatings at 4:30 and 6 p.m. in the Chandelier Room, 143 Adams Hall. The menu includes chicken noodle soup, broccoli-cheddar soup, minestrone soup and chunky pizza soup, a tomato-based concoction with cheese, pepperoni and mushrooms....
NIU’s Presidential Commission on Persons with Disabilities will host the Rockford Chariots, a wheelchair basketball team, for an exhibition game Thursday, March 31, on the Victor E. Court of the NIU Convocation Center. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The game begins at 6:30 p.m. Admission and parking are free. This fun, community-based event will help...
The AND 1 basketball team will invade NIU’s Convocation Center at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 1. Tickets go on sale at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $1 for NIU students with valid OneCards and $2 for the general public. D.Up Entertainment and the NIU Campus Activities Board are teaming up to bring this exciting, high-flying and entertaining game to the NIU campus...
NIU’s Late Night Ride Service will experience a temporary suspension of service between the hours of 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. today. The temporary delay in service will accommodate Late Night Ride staff who will be attending funeral services for William D. McDermott. The Late Night Ride Service will resume normal operation shortly after 8:30 pm and run...
Cancer might touch everyone, but its touch does not always have to be devastating. Narayan Hosmane, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at NIU, will discuss research into a promising experimental form of cancer treatment during a Board of Trustees Professorship Seminar at noon Tuesday, March 22, in the Illinois Room of the Holmes Student Center. Refreshments...
Rosie Rios, treasurer of the United States Rosie Rios, treasurer of the United States, will deliver a talk to NIU students on the importance of Latinos taking on leadership roles in public service. The lecture will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, in the Altgeld Hall Auditorium.
Northern Illinois University will welcome a leading expert on the Emerald Isle to campus for the 2011 Irish Studies Lecture — appropriately scheduled in the wake of St. Patrick’s Day. Timothy G. McMahon, a professor of history at Marquette University and one of the leading Irish historians in the United States, will deliver his talk...
More than 100 Northern Illinois University students are headed for warmer climes during the university’s upcoming spring break, but their main objective isn’t to soak up rays on the beach. Instead, they’ll be working with the poor in West Virginia, building homes for Habitat for Humanity in Florida and Tennessee, helping victims of Hurricane Katrina...
The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team will host Ohio in the opening round of the 2011 FirstEnergy Mid-American Conference Tournament at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 6, in the NIU Convocation Center. “We can’t wait to play a very good Ohio team on our home floor,” NIU head coach Kathi Bennett said. “This is a great first-round...
The Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra invites all to enjoy the Arthur D. Montzka Young Artists Concerto Competition concert in celebration of the amazing talent found among Illinois young musicians.
