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NIU women's tennis
“Let’s make today a great day.” Five simple words, a philosophy that Northern Illinois women’s tennis head coach Ryun Ferrell is using this season to ensure that his players perform their best when it counts, and it begins to count Saturday, Jan. 29, as the Huskies open up the 2011 season in Milwaukee, Wis., against UW-Milwaukee. Now...
Richard McNutt
Richard McNutt, who has coached defensive backs at two Mid-American Conference schools, has joined Dave Doeren’s staff at Northern Illinois and will coach the Huskie cornerbacks. McNutt fills the final assistant coaching spot on the NIU football staff for 2011. A former cornerback for Ohio State, McNutt has spent his entire career coaching defensive backs,...
Salem Lutheran Church
Salem Lutheran Church in Sycamore will host a blood drive from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 12, in honor of the five NIU students who died Feb. 14, 2008. The church is located at 1145 DeKalb Ave., across from Culver’s.
NIU women's basketball
Northern Illinois fought to the last second Wednesday night but Kent State women’s basketball’s home court advantage proved too much to overcome, as the Huskies fell 56-54 to the Golden Flashes. Down two points with 10.4 seconds left, freshman Danielle Pulliam brought the ball past heavy KSU pressure into the front court, but was whistled...
Six talented young musicians will perform at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, during the annual Honors Recital. They are the recipients of talent scholarships awarded by the NIU Community School of the Arts after a rigorous audition held in early January.
Julia Bentley
Chicago mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley will join members of the Avalon String Quartet as they continue their 2010-11 season at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9, in the NIU Music Building’s Boutell Memorial Concert Hall.
Screen capture of Justin Brenneman's Schwebel's video
The video created by Justin Brenneman isn’t the greatest thing since sliced bread. It is sliced bread, with a creative twist. The NIU communication major from Naperville is a finalist in a video contest sponsored by the Youngstown, Ohio-based Schwebel Baking Company, more commonly known as Schwebel’s. As part of a course last fall teaching...
Xavier Silas
The Northern Illinois men’s basketball team returned home for the first time in 11 days Wednesday night to post an 83-74 win over Akron at the NIU Convocation Center. Senior guard Xavier Silas torched the Zips for a game-high 39 points, going 9-for-17 from the field, 5-for-9 from behind the arc and 16-for-20 from the...
In a stunning unanimous decision, the Illinois Appellate Court Wednesday afternoon threw into question the future of the renovation of the  Stevens Building and millions of state capital dollars for important infrastructure upgrades on campus. The ruling declared unconstitutional the 2009 legislation that provided much of the funding for the $31 billion capital spending appropriation...
Huskie Bus Tracker
Students who need to know the most-current location of the Huskie Bus can turn to NIU Today for that information: NIU Today now features a quick and easy-to-find link to the Huskie Bus Tracker, which refreshes every 20 seconds. The NIU Huskie Line bus system is one of the largest transit systems in the state...
A month full of activities the NIU community has planned in celebration of Black Heritage Month 2011 will begin Tuesday, Feb. 1.
The Memorandum
Tales of spies, paranoia and fear of government control commonly draw on the historical situations during which they were written. Václav Havel’s Czechoslovakian satire, “The Memorandum,” was written in 1965 under the Communist thumb of the Soviet Union. The Northern Illinois University School of Theatre and Dance will perform “The Memorandum” from Thursday, Feb. 3,...