Members of the DeKalb-based quintet King In Queen come from backgrounds ranging from a classically trained violinist to former members of Chicagoland's Niagara Fell. Members Sean Pheanis (vocals), Jesse Fisher (drums), Jay Gemkow (keyboard) and Zack Kleiner...

Many people may remember dodgeball as the perfect way to release aggression or the perfect excuse to pick on the overweight boy in gym class and that funky-smelling girl with the unsightly leg hair. Maybe that's why some people love the game, and others...

Aerosmith finally digs itself back to the roots of rock ‘n' roll on "Honkin' On Bobo." The band most recently noted for its hand-clenching pop-rock power ballads now is playing the blues — at least for its newest album. -"Honkin' On Bobo" contains...

Constance Foley, current assistant vice president of Student Affairs at Florida Atlantic University, spoke to faculty members and students Wednesday about her qualifications for becoming NIU’s vice president of Student Affairs. Foley first decided she...

Janet Jackson is exposing herself once again. This time, she is showing off a different side of her personality — not another body part. Her new album, "Damita Jo" (Janet's middle name), like her "malfunctioning garment" incident at the Super Bowl,...

Legend says a young Robert Johnson would sit at the feet of Mississippi blues great Eddie James "Son" House, mimicking each note. -Johnson would become history's most respected Delta player and take fellow statesman B.B. King under his wing. In 2000,...

Brazilian activist Maria Helena Moreira Alves will present "Urban Violence, Inequality and Social Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil" at 7 p.m. today at the Center for Latino and Latin American Studies across from Anderson Hall. Alves is the institutional...

Who could imagine running into Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall inside the Illinois State Police station? When the Weekender learned that the classic high school from "The Breakfast Club" had been turned into a police station, we couldn't help...

A delay in revenue projections from the state of Illinois is holding up the announcement of NIU’s fiscal year 2005 budget, NIU President John Peters told the University Council on Wednesday. Recent reports from the state show preliminary state budgets...

In the name of Elaine Molburg, eight bands and more than 100 people raised more than $500 to fight breast cancer Sunday afternoon at the Holmes Student Center's Diversions Lounge. -The funds raised from admission and raffle tickets benefitted the National...

The thing about water polo is there's no standing; you tread water or sink. There's also no crying. People say water polo sucks; it's a brutal, nasty sport. So prior to my gold medal-winning Olympic performance, I spoke to Amy McShane, an NIU Water Polo...

Margaret West began her presentation Wednesday night by quoting words of wisdom from Homer Simpson: "Here’s to alcohol: the cause of ... and solution to all of life’s problems." West, a registered nurse and emergency medical services educator at Kishwaukee...