Category: Students
Samantha Goss and Li-Hsuan Hsu, doctoral students in the NIU School of Art, will act as representatives of the university when they present research during the International “Sisterhood University” Conference of Graduate Students in Taiwan. The conference, scheduled this Saturday and Sunday at the National Changhua University of Education (NCUE) in Changhua City, invites students...
A trio of NIU residence hall dining rooms are going tropical Wednesday, Oct. 17. Douglas Hall and Neptune Hall (from 4 to 7 p.m.) and Stevenson Hall (4 to 8 p.m.) are participating in the special dinners organized by dietetic interns. The nautical-themed menus (which vary slightly depending on hall) include shrimp cocktail, citrus marinated...
Pressure to achieve perfection, political blackmail and forgiveness are all aspects of life explored in the second theater production of the 2012-13 season for NIU’s School of Theatre and Dance. Oscar Wilde’s “An Ideal Husband” runs from Thursday, Oct. 18, through Sunday, Oct. 21, and from Thursday, Oct. 25, through Sunday, Oct. 28, in the...
The DeKalb Police Department has announced changes to parking restrictions for Homecoming weekend. The changes, which are the same as in recent years, allow for increased visibility and “safer traffic flow on Greek Row streets that are rather narrow,” according to a news release from the department. The restrictions, which take place beginning at 5...
After rushing for 207 yards and passing for 195 in leading Northern Illinois to a 35-23 comeback victory Saturday over Ball State, Northern Illinois quarterback Jordan Lynch (Chicago/Mt. Carmel HS) earned multiple honors Monday, including his third Mid-American Conference West Division Offensive Player of the Week Award. In addition to the MAC honor, Lynch was...
Intern-turned-hero Daniel Hernandez Jr. will visit NIU at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15, to speak as part of the LGBT Resource Center’s LGBTQ History Month and the Latino Resource Center’s Latino Heritage Month. The event takes place in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium of the Holmes Student Center. It is free and open to the public....
NIU alum Jarvis Purnell has taken the reins as director of Off-Campus and Non-Traditional Student Services this fall. “Being an NIU native and having been a non-traditional student at one point, I intrinsically understand many of the barriers that non-traditional students face,” Purnell said. “I jumped at the opportunity to take on the challenge to...
The scenario is a familiar one: Homecoming week activities are planned for the Convocation Center, and students are arriving early to set up for a special activity. Then an extraordinary event takes place. Three cars are involved in a crash near the Convo, and the driver of another vehicle– “rubbernecking” the first accident—strikes pedestrians, injuring...
There are fun events every day of Homecoming week this year for NIU students to get involved with and attend! The Homecoming Kick Off Rally is scheduled from noon to 3 p.m. today in the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Commons. This is one way to show off your Huskie Pride, meet the Huskie royalty...
Senior Griffin Bauman (Crystal Lake, Ill./Central) carded a final round 74 to finish second on Sunday at the John Dallio Memorial at Ruffled Feathers Golf Club. Junior Shawn Foley (Pewaukee, Wis./Waukesha North) also recorded a top-five finish with a final round 76 to tie for fifth as the Northern Illinois men’s golf team finished with...
Central Michigan’s Christen Chiesa scored the golden goal in the 108th minute of play to lift the Chippewas (9-4-1, 5-1 MAC) over Northern Illinois in double overtime, 2-1. The Huskies fell to 6-5-2 overall and 2-2-2 in Mid-American Conference play. “We played the best soccer we played all year for the first 35 of the...
Rebounding from a tough loss at home to Western Michigan Thursday, the Northern Illinois volleyball team bounced back in impressive fashion by sweeping Mid-American Conference East Division foe Miami (Ohio) at Millett Hall for the first time under NIU head coach Ray Gooden. The 25-19, 25-17, 25-20 win was the Huskies’ (13-9, 4-2 MAC) fifth...
