Who W.E. Think Will Win: ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE -Johnny Depp - "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" Ben Kingsley - "House of Sand and Fog" Jude Law - "Cold Mountain" Bill Murray - "Lost in Translation" Sean Penn - "Mystic River" W.E....

The Student Association Finance Committee heard budget proposals from eight student organizations at Wednesday’s meeting. Colleges Against Cancer requested $400 for fiscal year 2005, which is the most any newly funded organization can be allocated....

For the third time in less than two weeks, University Police are investigating an incident at NIU’s residence halls where someone claims to be the victim of a BB gun assault. The victim of the most recent attack told UP someone shot him in the foot...

Charles Bradt usually can be seen at any men’s or women’s NIU basketball game in his favorite spot - section 103, ground level, seat 15 or 16. He enjoys basketball and attending NIU sporting events. The only thing that might set Bradt apart from the...

If M.O.O.S.E. could throw one gigantic party, Mark Summers would host and all we would do is run through the Double Dare Obstacle Course to win mountain bikes and trips to Florida. "Double Dare" was not your average game show. It, of course, featured...

NIU faculty members raised concern over a controversy surrounding their productivity at Wednesday’s Faculty Senate meeting. In a Dec. 26, 2003, Chicago Tribune article, James Kaplan, Illinois Board of Higher Education chairman, questioned the faculty...

General admission tickets (main floor seating) for this weekend’s performances of O.A.R. and Staind are sold out, but students still can get tickets if they do not mind taking a seat on another level. O.A.R. kicks things off at 7 p.m. Friday at the...

The Mountain Goats' latest release, "We Shall All Be Healed," is John Darnielle's latest masterpiece. -Darnielle, known for his high-pitched, nasal voice and lyrics that are often as poetic as they are abstract, has established himself over the years...

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...