Next week, students will have an opportunity to explore careers within the sociology field. The sociology department is hosting its first annual event at the Holmes Student Center to inform NIU students about different fields they can go into after graduation....

In his State of the University Address Thursday, NIU President John Peters discussed a lack of financial support for NIU from the federal government. However, he did not comment on the possibility of faculty layoffs. Sue Willis, president of the Faculty...

Elogeme Adolphi, a Christian sorority on campus, is sponsoring a play called “Story of a Dancer.” Taija Cockrell, a member of Elogeme Adolphi, said the play is about a young woman named Destiny who struggles through many events while in college. She...

We at the Weekender get letters —lots and lots of letters. And by "lots and lots of letters," I mean no letters at all. Still, these fictional people were kind enough to write-in asking for romantic advice and someone has to give it to them. So we chose...

If music were colors, he would have painted with every color in the visual spectrum, yielding a rainbow of emotions. His music transports you into his relationships. You are allowed to go into his world and feel the sting of his pain, the warming sensations...

Twenty-five years ago, Rathindra Bose moved from his homeland of Bangladesh to start graduate work in chemistry at Georgetown University. Last July, NIU made Bose its new vice president of research and dean of the graduate schools. He came from Kent State...

Seeing a great movie on the big screen for the first time can send a chill down one's back. Market Square Cinemas, 2160 Sycamore Road, (owned by GKC Theatres) is hosting the Rerun Film Series. Consisting of six weeks of old movies, the twice-yearly festival...

Friends, Romans, countrymen, Carrot Top haters and Alf lovers, a M.O.O.S.E. veteran has entered the building. *cue music* "Casey's back, back again, Casey's back, tell some friends, preferably your hot, single supermodel friends." Since I know all of...

Two more musical acts have been booked at the Convocation Center for the upcoming months. Contemporary Christian music group Paul Colman Trio will perform on Nov. 6. Ratdog, featuring Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead, will perform Nov. 14. The Paul Colman...

Chicago band 1000 Vertical Feet climbed its way up to The House, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, last weekend. Formed in 2001, the four- piece band of guitar, drums, bass and synthesizers "rely heavily on improvisation and making up songs on the spot," said the...

The curtains open. The color of the stage lights turns to a cantaloupe orange, and three senoritas dressed in long, white-frilled dresses slowly take their spots on stage. As the guitarist starts to play, they spin around, revealing their high-heel shoes,...

As the sun ascended just before noon Saturday, students gathered by the masses at Huskie Stadium's lawnside. Aside from mottled cheeks and runny noses because of the crisp autumn chill, students shared something else in common: an anxiousness to join...