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Keeping kids in mind

By Daralyn Richardson | March 25, 2004

The NIU Campus Child Care Center is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Located in Gabel Hall, the center’s mission is to provide high-quality child care for the NIU community. For the first 22 years, the center only had enough room for two classrooms....

Rasputina: Frustration Plantation

By Jessica King | March 25, 2004

-Two female cellists in corsets and a drummer in suspenders: hardly the conventional composition of a rock band, but then again, Rasputina hardly could be called normal. Melora Creager provides the guiding force of the band as lead vocalist, cellist and...

Living in sin

By Karina Brown | March 25, 2004

-When 19-year-old boys want a thrill, they usually go to parties, play cards and listen to music. When Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold wanted thrills, they turned to psychology, murder and fame. The first thrill murder case of America is brought back...

NIU event aims to fill up bowls

By Mark Pietrowski | March 25, 2004

NIU intends to fill the empty bowls of the community with its sixth annual "Empty Bowls" event Friday. The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Adams Hall’s Chandelier Dining Room. Seating times are 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m., and reservations...

Miles of orchestra

By Jessie Coello | March 25, 2004

Expect to have a "big good time" at 9 p.m. Friday at The House, 263 E. Lincoln Highway. Miles4Monty Orchestra, a world music performance group, will perform. "People tell us our band playing is like an experience," said Mark "Poncho" Domanigo, guitarist...

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

By Marcus Leshock | March 25, 2004

-"If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts." — Adam Duritz "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" brought this old Counting Crows line back into my memory. That line, as well as the film, sums up just what a memory is. It's not...

Groups may be cut

By Deanna Cabinian | March 25, 2004

The Student Association Finance Committee’s recommendation for the Campus Activities Board’s budget next year totaled $480,347 after finishing recommendations for individual committees at Wednesday’s meeting. CAB requested more than $750,000 for...

Duke professor to offer globalization alternative

By Casey Toner | March 25, 2004

Duke University professor John French will tackle U.S. globalization at 6 p.m. today at Cole Hall, Room 101. Globalization is the way the United States puts banks and corporations ahead of social welfare when developing other countries, said Rosemary...

A night at the IMPROV

By Casey Toner | March 25, 2004

-With dark shades covering their eyes and black ties around their necks, Mission Improvable members proved they could associate BENGAY, prophylactics and sex with llamas and more. Framed by darkness and a spotlight, Mission Improvable, made up of Agents...

Former NIU English professor to be recognized at conference

By Mike Morig | March 25, 2004

Lucien Stryk, former NIU English professor and world-renowned Zen poet, will be honored Friday by The Association of Writers and Writing Programs in Chicago. Stryk worked at NIU from 1958 until 1991, and has written or edited two dozen volumes of poetry,...

Speaker to present on women’s issues

By Jamie Luchsinger | March 25, 2004

As Women's History Month comes to a close, the NIU Women's Studies Program and the Graduate Colloquium Committee will sponsor Nancy Naples, who will speak about women's issues at 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. today. In her first informal workshop, "Feminist Activism...

Cassidy: Split Personality

By Derek Wright | March 25, 2004

-Thank you for your interest in rap's "Fifteen Weeks Of Fame" club. Below is an application for enrollment. Make sure to include sample lyrics. Name: Cassidy Album: "Split Personality" Required song about bling: "Husslin'" —"I peel off bills and they...