Even in cold weather, Lorado Taft, NIU’s outdoor retreat center, is kept busy. The environment and conference center, located 37 miles from NIU in Oregon, serves as an educational center for more than 7,000 school children per year, as well as for other...

-You might say that "it's been a while," since Weekender interviewed the lead guitarist of a rock band coming to the Convocation Center in February, but that would be both inaccurate and cliché. Still, Weekender had the opportunity for a scant 10-minute...

-Stevens Building's Room 110 was open just a sliver, and students were inside. I knocked. No answer, just silence. I knocked harder. A tall, ominous male student answered and put a lone finger to his lips to indicate silence, but words weren't there....

-In their hometown, they have to turn people away because bodies already are covering every available inch of floor space. When band members of My Fifth of Paradise came to DeKalb to play, they did not find the crowd to be the surging mass of bodies they...

"He's not just a dog; he's a cop. And he's not just a cop; he's my partner." The '80s spawned numerous memorable action/comedy cop movies from "Lethal Weapon" to "48 Hours." In 1989, the genre took an unusual turn when screen writers heralded the days...

The Student Association art collection is the largest college-owned collection in the nation, Campus Activities Board president Jennifer Suerth said. The collection contains 279 pieces, including paintings, sculptures and 13 pieces of film. The art is...

-"Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!" is a guilty pleasure, equivalent to cheap Valentine's Day chocolate. It's great for a sweet fix, but it's nothing exceptional. Kate Bosworth stars as Rosalee, the typical sweetheart from a small town in West Virginia....

-If it were physically possible for Webster (Emmanuelle Lewis) and that guy from the old Micro Machines commercials to conceive a baby, the end result would be Chicago native Twista. The rapper is a drive-through speaker's worst nightmare. In 1992, the...

Are you ready for some football? Ah, the Super Bowl. The most-watched program of the year, televised at 5:25 p.m. Sunday on CBS, brings many people together and raises the question of what to do. Many choose to stay home and view the big game. The Super...

Let's play a game. Which of the following doesn't belong? "Liam Neeson gives a bold and passionate performance." — Jeff Craig, Sixty-Second Preview. "Big Fish" is a big downer of a movie." — Greg Feltes, Weekender. "It is as it was." — Pope John...

While student codes of conduct usually are implemented to maintain order on campuses, some schools have different ideas about how far their jurisdiction over students extends. Southern Illinois University recently reworded its student code to exclude...

The Board of Trustees, along with other governmental bodies, now will have to begin recording its closed meetings. The amended Illinois Open Meetings Act now requires public bodies to record closed meetings in the form of either audio or video. Previously,...