Rascal Flatts is one of the hottest acts in country music. The group was nominated for "Best Vocal Group" at the CMA awards and is currently headlining the CMT Most Wanted Live Tour with fellow country acts Chris Cagle and Brian McComas, which stops at...

Sigma Lambda Gamma will host a free barbecue today at Central Park to raise money for breast cancer. Simone Lamothe, a member of Sigma Lambda Gamma, said the event and the food is free, but students are encouraged to give donations. “We hope to spread...

Four of the 40 Student Association Senate seats remain vacant following this week’s elections. The elections, which ended Wednesday, yielded the maximum allowable senators in districts one through four, but only four of the eight available positions...

I don't need to be made to look evil. I can do that on my own." - Christopher Walken Tomorrow is a special day in the world of Greg Feltes. You see, I am always so busy that I tend to focus in the new and stick with the present, but tomorrow is a day...

Since the dawn of man, or at least "Animal House," pranking has been as synonymous with college as Carrot Top has been with not being funny. For the last two weeks, the Weekender has been speaking to students and investigating various pranks. Some are...

After sorting through the latest candidates for the governor of California, I found that Gallagher is running alongside the slew of midget childhood stars, smut peddlers and ex-terminators. I started laughing and thought to myself, "Oh, that wacky Gallagher,...

If you don't shower and live in DeKalb, you were at The House, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, for the Spackle show Friday night. Although the band members were older, they drew a diverse crowd of middle-agers reliving their youth, and dread-locked offspring...

A Perfect Circle has taken its "Thirteenth Step," and luckily, it's in the right direction. Following the success of debut album "Mer De Noms," the rock supergroup has returned with another album full of dark imagery and creepy melodies. "Thirteenth Step"...

Fall is in the air — you know what that means. Make-out season is in full effect. Walking down Greenbrier Road, I can just smell the saliva. I couldn't be more honored to be back in DeKalb, and once again be a part of the time-honored tradition of tonsil...

There's a bit of all of us in David Bowie. How else can you describe a person who has made a living channeling his innermost chameleon, releasing music with as many styles and faces as he has fans? -His current release, ironically entitled, "Reality,"...

Ask not what your planet can do for you, but what you can do for your planet. Tracy Chapman and the “We the Planet” tour landed last night at the Holmes Student Center’s Carl Sandburg Auditorium for an evening of discussion about how to make a difference...

Good professors are hard to find. So hard, in fact, that one former NIU president told a good one to clone himself. Bill Monat, NIU president from 1978 to 1984, praised political science professor Gary Glenn, who gave a speech Wednesday afternoon at the...