-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 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...

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...

-"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...

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 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...

-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...

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,...

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...

-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...

Five secret agents will film themselves being silly and having a good time with the DeKalb locale today. No, it’s not the Secret Service. It’s Mission IMPROVable, a Chicago-based improvisational group that marked DeKalb as its first stop on a four-show...

Information Technology Services will spend $430,000 to purchase 260 new replacement computers after receiving approval for funding from the NIU Board of Trustees last week. The new computers will be placed in Graham and Reavis halls and the Neptune Hall...