Over the past two years, NIU has boomed in terms of new buildings and other additions. New bridges, business and recreation buildings, and extravagant Web sites all improve the total look and appeal of the campus, but none truly are needed. But, which...

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. A penny saved is a penny earned. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. While recording "Room On Fire," The Strokes' maxim of choice was: If it's not broke, don't fix it. In keeping so, the group recorded one...

Hollywood is nothing if not practical. Well, actually that's not true at all. It's probably the least practical place on the planet. Witness the success of the waste of space that is Ashton Kutcher or how anything starring Angelina Jolie or Kevin Costner...

What else would the Weekender do? We sent an idiot in a Winnie the Pooh costume to really important peoples' houses to rate their candy. How did the prominent NIU figures fare? Student Association Trustee Kevin Miller wasn't home. His roommate, however,...

The Student Association Finance Committee voted to give $2,465 to the National Pan-Hellenic Council and $474 to the Hong Kong Student Association Tuesday night, despite discrepancies in both groups’ proposals. HKSA was zero funded last year after requesting...

On Thursday, the Holmes Student Center’s Duke Ellington Ballroom will be rededicated during a concert featuring the NIU jazz ensemble and guest artists Dennis Mackrel and Paul Ellington. In a $970,000 project, the ballroom was remodeled from May until...

An NIU student was killed Tuesday morning when her car collided with a semitrailer on Route 72 near Genoa. Brenda Jo Holst, a 21-year-old junior biology major of Prospect Heights, was driving westbound on Route 72 near Roosevelt Road when her vehicle...

“Nobody” can rock it like Robert Randolph and the Family Band did Tuesday night at the Duke Ellington Ballroom. These chants could be heard echoing throughout the ballroom during the song “Nobody,” despite the lack of people that showed up to...

The market for a grocery store in the southern part of DeKalb has opened, and Mayor Greg Sparrow and his staff are eager to fill the hole. After declaring Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April, the two Eagle Food Stores in DeKalb closed their doors about four...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $206,000 grant to NIU’s department of geology and environmental geosciences that will improve technologies and research capabilities. NIU has received the award three consecutive years. “These grants are called...

Americans are eating more. With fast food restaurants at every corner and grocery stores providing instant meals, are NIU students eating more, too? Researchers from the University of North Carolina have analyzed surveys taken over a 20-year span. They’ve...

NIU students living in the residence halls now can view their phone bills online. The university made bills available online in October, said Cindy Phillips, director of telecommunications at NIU. The decision was made over the summer, she said. Phillips...