The Holmes Student Center Hotel, established in 1967, is home to 80 guest rooms and suites. “We have twin, queen and king bedrooms, two one-room suites and a two-room suite,” hotel manager Joyce Johnsonsaid, in a tone indicating she has said the line...

Northern Television Center now has the opportunity to have two one-hour blocks on the DeKalb Government Access Channel. After being approved by the DeKalb City Council, NTC will do more expanded news programming, said Allen May, a general broadcast manager...

Two years ago, NIU business majors crowded into the classrooms at Wirtz Hall. The chipped paint on the walls and the old classrooms weren’t the best, but they had to suffice. After a $20 million donation from Dennis Barsema, an alumnus of NIU’s College...

O.A.R. has been called the most successful indie band of all time. The fact that this proclamation came from their press release pimping an early February concert at our very own Convocation Center is really besides the point. O.A.R is breaking out of...

Bundle up, DeKalb - temperatures in the upcoming weeks may plummet. NIU staff meteorologist Gilbert Sebenste said a substantial amount of snowfall over the next five days would lead to below-freezing temperatures for the next two weeks. The DeKalb area...

A localized version of a popular reality TV show is coming to NIU, and residence hall students are eligible to be contestants. “The Amazing Race: NIU,” put on by junior communication major Dave Della Terza, won’t take place until late March, but...

A World Wrestling Entertainment music CD is bad. A WWE CD sung by the actual wrestlers is worse — much worse. - It's further proof that artists should stick to their medium, like grappling other oily, muscle-bound, speedo-wearing men. "WWE Originals"...

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will host its 13th annual Martin Luther King March today. NAACP president Tim Jones said the march is a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and impact on past and future generations....

It appears the possibility of a smoking ban in DeKalb businesses has been blown out of proportion, said Julia Fauci, chairman of the Citizens Advisory Committee. The Citizens Advisory Committee advises the DeKalb City Council. Fauci said this issue concerns...

In the "Super Mario Brothers: Time Attack" video, a Japanese child supposedly beat the Super Mario Brothers 3 video game in 11 minutes, with a type of deadly precision only seen in the most dorky of computer gaming nerds. The video is a feat. Watching...

Classic jazz music lives on in DeKalb every Wednesday night. The House, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, hosts weekly jazz jam sessions that draw in students and local residents. Robert Collazo, a junior music education and jazz studies major, has played at the...