The Illinois Poison Center is warning the higher education community that college students binge drink more frequently and are more likely to suffer an alcohol-related fatality or injury than those in the same age group who aren’t in college. Based...

On Sept. 30, the official release date of "Sacred Love," Sting's muse was declared dead. The Englishman secretly has battled the disease of crash commercialism and middle-of-the-road rubbish for more than a decade. The ailment took a public turn for the...

Cleavage. Premarital sex. Profanity. No, I'm not talking about the fourth installment of the "American Pie" saga. I'm referring to "The Scarlet Letter," which opened last weekend at the Stevens Building's Players Theater. A modernization of the perennial...

The strip malls haven't even switched their seasonal knickknacks, and already record stores have been flooded with seven new Christmas albums in the last two weeks. We haven't even had our first frost yet (let alone finished our costumes), and already...

If you walk into the lower lounge at Douglas or Lincoln Hall, you might find an energetic group of students dancing up a storm to heavy urban beats. The VIBE Dance Troupe meets three times a week to dance to mainly hip-hop and R&B music. Comprised...

Remember "Toy Story"? It was a computer-generated masterpiece of friendship and the importance of having someone to lean on. Remember that great song "You've Got a Friend in Me"? The song came in at the emotional climax of the movie and added to the feel...

One hundred forty-four films from 40 countries, five world premieres and 40 U.S. premieres - it can all only mean one thing: the 38th annual Chicago International Film Festival. It's paradise for the local movie buff, and "Xanadu" for 20-something art-house...

It’s known worldwide by names like ganja, pot, weed, reefer, grass, mota and a thousand others. No matter what it’s called, though, marijuana is being debated because of its possible health risks. Steve Lux, health educator at University Health Service,...

Garbage with a pleasant fragrance still is garbage. "Da Skool Boy Presents Murphy's Law" is a CD not worth buying or burning. In the future, it would be in Murphy Lee's best interest to limit himself to guest appearances on other albums. Of the album's...

"Mystic River" is an actor's movie. It is full of dramatic turmoil, crying, climactic speeches and even some great "good cop, bad cop" moments. Director Clint Eastwood begins his haunting new film with constant fades to black. He foreshadows the second...

Founders Memorial Library has its share of literary classics, but its most recent acquisitions give new meaning to the term “classic.” The Rare Books and Special Collections department recently obtained eight medieval manuscripts, ranging in dates...

Every little kid, at some point or another, dreams of being in the spotlight. Whether it's starring in a Broadway production, performing a hit music single in front of a crowd of 60,000 or winning an Oscar for best picture, every kid has a dream of stardom....