Three NIU professors are recipients of the 2004 Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Kristen Myers, an associate sociology professor; Amy Newman, an associate English professor; and Lawrence Stoffel, an associate professor and marching band...

After releasing about 32 albums, Prince cannot be expected to completely reinvent his sound, but an attempt at something new would have sufficed. -Prince is back with "Musicology." He has managed to take his sound out of the '80s and lodge it snugly in...

NIU said goodbye to longtime employee Joyce A. Gardner after 43 years of service to the university at her retirement reception April 26 at the Holmes Student Center’s Clara Sperling Skyroom. Gardner started at NIU on July 6, 1960, when she spent five...

Rosetta Parker, a junior child development major, met R. Kelly. "I went to see my boyfriend playing basketball, and he was playing with R. Kelly — my boyfriend is friends with R. Kelly. I introduced myself, and he asked how old I was because he thought...

The DeKalb Plan Commission approved a petition Wednesday to be passed to the DeKalb City Council to rezone five acres along East Lincoln Highway for the addition of 170 self-storage facilities. The petition will be proposed to the city council May 10....

The 2003-'04 academic year has been a lot of fun. I ran for Homecoming king and lost. NIU won just enough games to be known as the best team not to be in a bowl. Several school officials had one foot out the door and the other hanging over a ledge. I...

In "13 Going on 30," Jennifer Garner makes puberty look appealing. -It's easy to see why any post-pubescent adult would have reservations about seeing any movie that A) involves "wishing sparkles" as a critical plot device, B) teaches teens the nauseatingly...

Two DeKalb armed forces veterans and a local bar owner are planning a June 5 party to put together care packages for troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. AMVETS Commander Tom Carey said they hope to raise $2,000 to help purchase care package items...

Full circle, baby. From the Jack of All Trades to the Jackass of All Trades to the infinite master of wisdom and awesomeness. The Jack of All Trades rose above and beyond the typical trade — winning an epic battle of the ages. Set on a rollaway, white...

Sometimes filmmakers believe their audiences are dumber than they actually are. In the case of "Man on Fire," a filmmaker goes to great lengths to make sure audience members leave dumber than when they came. -Director Tony Scott seemed to be heading to...

The School of Family, Consumer and Nutrition Science will see developments in the upcoming months. An advisory meeting for the School of FCNS resulted in the development of a hospitality administration scholarship, a mentoring program and an expansion...

Because of a decline in state funding, Illinois community colleges won’t expand crowded programs to keep up with increasing student enrollment, school officials said. Although they won’t reduce the number of available classes, high demand programs...