The second and final candidate for vice president of Student Affairs, Melvin Cleveland Terrell, will meet with faculty, staff and students in an open session at 11 a.m. today at the Holmes Student Center’s Illinois Room. Terrell is the current vice...

LSD, marijuana, ecstasy, ayahuasca, DXM and peyote are among the many drugs discussed in Psychedelic Mindview. Psychedelic Mindview, once an honors-only seminar about psychedelic drugs, now is being offered to all NIU students starting this fall. Graduates...

The Intercollegiate Equestrian Club, more commonly known as the horseback riding club, is, for lack of better words, totally equestrious. I don't know what that means. But they ride beautiful brown and white horses around circle dirt pits. Whoo. The club...

Warrants have been issued for the arrests of three NIU football players in connection with more than a dozen tire slashings late last week. The players, who police and athletics department officials would not name until arrests were made, are expected...

Discussion about homosexuality and religion causes pain for most people, said Margaret Cook, coordinator of the LGBT Resource Center, at the "Bridging the Divide: A Conversation about Religion and Homosexuality" forum held Wednesday at the United Campus...

The Weekender sat down with Catfight, a five-girl cover band, when it performed at Otto's, 118 E. Lincoln Highway, last Friday night. The band is not just any old cover band. The group features a classically trained guitarist, Rose; a lead singer with...

-Dear Modest Mouse, I bought your new album, "Good News for People Who Love Bad News," and after listening to it a couple times, I think I might have gotten a bunk copy. I think I only got half the drums on my album, and it seems a couple of the tracks...

-"I think fast but talk slow" epitomizes the feel of the third release on Capitol Records from Dilated Peoples' titled "Neighborhood Watch." Thoughtful and poetic lyrics touch on everything from guarding the block to avoiding gold-digging women. The core...

It's that time of year again: Students are beginning to panic about summer jobs, young women's miniskirts are shortening as young men's pants are tightening and lazy journalists have started resorting to cliche leads. However, the most resounding reminder...

Once again, Greg Feltes has saved Weekender. With a great deal of effort and a little bit of luck, I was able to secure a last-minute interview with Dave Chappelle ... of Royersford, Pa. How old are you? 40. Are you white or black? White. Do you look...

Zeta Phi Beta and Phi Beta Sigma are hosting events this week for "Blue and White Week." Wey-ni Langdon, a member of Zeta Phi Beta, said the week is a time for the two organizations to bond. Today, the sorority and fraternity will host a Greek Sip for...

Remember when the Weekender thought it was going to interview Dave Chappelle and give the readers a chance to ask him one question? And the person with the best question would have his or her submission picked by Chappelle to sit in the front row? Unfortunately,...