In the six years since its inception, North Central College’s The Union has become a popular underground music and arts venue in the Chicago suburbs at 129 W. Benton Ave. in downtown Naperville. This October, The Union will host a number of artists and events, including a return visit from the nonprofit, mental health movement To Write Love on Her Arms and rapper FM Supreme during Anti-Hate Week.

For the fourth consecutive year, the College will conduct fire drills in 12 academic buildings during fall term. These fire drills will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 27, between 2 and 4:30 p.m. No residence halls are included, but will have separate drills during early October.

Here’s the lineup of approximate times and the buildings that will be involved in the Sept. 27 fire drills:

2 p.m. Kroehler Science Center
2:15 p.m. Kiekhofer Hall
2:30 p.m. Carnegie Hall
2:45 p.m. Old Main
3 p.m. Meiley-Swallow Hall

Although the Cardinals have a bye week in football, fans can always catch the North Central College Division III football team news on the weekly program “The Red Zone” on NCTV17. Two of “The Red Zone” programs include football highlights, profiles and interviews with key players as well as head coach John Thorne and the coaching staff. The third program features a wrap-up of the other fall sports teams with North Central’s Sports Information Director Clark Teuscher.

Hundreds of North Central College student-athletes from all 22 men’s and women’s athletic teams gathered in the Residential Hall/Recreation Center Thursday, Sept. 15, for the College’s eighth annual Huddle.

This year’s keynote speaker was 1986 graduate Ed Mathey. Mathey told the student-athletes the importance of leadership and relationships and their influence on success, while also sharing anecdotes from his experiences as a baseball coach.