The controversy created by Michael Moore’s documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" no longer stops at the film’s content. The decision of several local theaters to refuse to screen the film has sparked debate as well. Although "Fahrenheit 9/11" was the highest-grossing...

NIU’s External Programming of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will sponsor its 24th trip to the Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada from July 26 to 30. The trip is part of the "NIU Travel with the Professor" program. This year, there will...

Altgeld Hall renovations are expected to be complete sometime in the fall semester, although a specific date has been not been set. The renovated Altgeld Hall will feature conference rooms, reception areas, an auditorium without fixed seating and the...

The NIU Anthropology Museum is gaining help this week from 18 Elderhostel International participants. The Boston-based Elderhostel International is an organization that offers planned travel packages for senior citizens. NIU has been working with Elderhostel...

GKC Theaters has introduced a new way for people under age 17 to view R-rated films at the chain’s theaters. A pass called the R Card will allow minors to view movies that have been given an R rating by the Motion Picture Association of America. Previously,...

Poor Isaac Asimov. Great pieces of literature face many problems when transformed into movies. Very often, the stories are mangled and twisted, leaving fans of the original material disillusioned and even angry. "I, Robot," a high-tech thriller based...

John A. Niemi, a distinguished teaching professor and the embodiment of an educator dedicated to his students, died June 6. He was 71. Niemi joined NIU’s fledgling adult education program in 1975. Niemi, by virtue of his passion for the field, encouraged...

Breaking news: "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" isn’t hilarious all the time. The film tells of a San Diego TV news station in the early 1970s, a time when men read the news and people believed everything those men said. Will Ferrell of "Saturday...

A proposal for an NIU-sponsored dance apprenticeship for DeKalb youth has again been rejected for funding by the city. The city council voted against funding the six-week summer program when it passed the city budget two weeks ago. The council instead...

Robert L. Caswell, director of Procurement Services, died June 27 in Madison, Wis. He was 67. The cause was colon cancer, said Becky May, assistant director of Procurement Services. Caswell worked in Procurement Services for 14 years and had been with...

NIU is seeing high numbers of students applying and has capped enrollment at 25,000. It also is taking steps to cut the costs of the applicant boom, including a change to online class schedule books for spring 2005. About 3,100 freshmen and 2,000 transfers...

The four murals being painted in Gabel Hall may be most accurately described as educational art. For senior art major Rebecca Evans, working on the murals redefined art education. Evans is one of the seven NIU students volunteering this summer to help...