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...

NIU has selected administrative aide Barbara Rice and Rose Miller, a human resources officer, to serve as ambassadors to the 2004 Biennial Conference for Women. The conference will be held April 8 and 9 in Champaign. The conference started in 1984 and...

+ For proving all the members of N*Sync are gay. + For solidifying Justin Timberlake's sexuality. + For disgracing the "Rhythm Nation." + For making the halftime show an "Escapade." + For taking the heat off of your little brother Mike. + For showing...

The African Student Association is hosting its first African Cultural Festival at 7 p.m. today at the Holmes Student Center’s Duke Ellington Ballroom. The event is held to celebrate Black History Month. Reuben Ross, a junior OMIS major and president...

Entertainer Byron Motley will put on his one-man show celebrating musical legends at 7 p.m. today at the Holmes Student Center’s Carl Sandburg Auditorium. During Black History Month, as well as other times during the year, Motley honors 100 years of...

Mike Crase, an NIU Building Services employee, put his writing skills to work by collecting some old columns and writing a book. “A Few Thoughts on a Scrap of Paper, or Smile and Upset Somebody’s Day,” was published in October and can be bought...

NIU’S School of Art is offering a travel program to Greece, held May 14 to 26. Professor Dimitri Liakos will direct the trip, lecturing and acting as a guide throughout the program. The program is open to all students and community members. Liakos has...

Officials have confirmed that an accident occurred just over a week ago at the Convocation Center, which injured one of the arena workers. The Northern Star received an anonymous tip last week that a part-time employee fell about 15 feet from an unconfirmed...

After being out of service for more than 16 months, the escalators in Founders Memorial Library are back in operation. The escalators could not be repaired until recently because of university budget cuts, University Libraries Dean Arthur Young said....