A disc released in 2002 by the world-acclaimed Vermeer Quartet and noted pianist Boris Berman lost the Grammy for the Best Chamber Music Performance at Sunday night’s Grammy Awards ceremony. The Grammy was given to the Kronos Quartet and soprano Dawn...

Recently retired sociology professor Herbert Rubin spent more than 33 years at NIU teaching students the importance of community organization and activism. Rubin said he taught his students to “learn to be critical, question authority, never believe...

NIU’s Orientation Office is looking for students to help run one of the university’s most popular classes. Through this week, students can apply to be peer instructors for UNIV 101, a class geared toward freshmen. Nearly 1,600 students participated...

Sigma Lambda Gamma is seeking models to be featured in its first fashion show. The theme of the fashion show is “Welcome to Paradise,” and it will feature styles and fashions from Latin and Caribbean cultures. Simone Lamothe, a member of Sigma Lambda...

The Recording Industry Association of America now uses a new method to obtain identities of downloading violators. The court action, known as the John Doe process, allows the industry to sue downloaders by Internet Protocol address alone, said Jonathan...

NIU students were introduced to African culture Thursday night at the Holmes Student Center’s Duke Ellington Ballroom when the African Student Association hosted its first African Cultural Fest. The ballroom was filled with NIU students. “The turnout...

Carl Sandburg, born in 1878 in Galesburg, was a poet and biographer who is most known for the vivid images projected in his free verse poetry. He wrote what many people consider to be the most definite biography of Abraham Lincoln. Sandburg had a storied...

The Center for Black Studies hosted the Black Heritage Wellness Fair on Thursday at the Holmes Student Center’s Art Gallery Lounge. The fair addressed many health issues concerning African-Americans. Kelli Jackson, a CHANCE program counselor and an...

The 46th annual Grammy Awards will air at 8 p.m. Sunday on CBS. Here are some of the nominees. Record of the Year "Crazy in Love"— Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z "Where Is the Love?" — Black Eyed Peas and Justin Timberlake "Clocks"— Coldplay "Lose Yourself"—...

We at the Weekender still get letters — lots and lots of letters. And by "lots and lots of letters," I mean no letters at all. Still, Valentine's Day is a little more than a week away, and these fictional people were kind enough to write in asking for...

Plot the path of The Cure, and you'd find one of the most prolific and imaginative careers in the past 30 years. -Join the dots, and you'd unearth an odds-and-ends box set that reaches beyond the love/hate relationship with critics and music fans. The...