After hearing Gov. Rod Blagojevich announce his budget address Wednesday afternoon, NIU President John Peters quickly responded to how the pending cuts will affect NIU and that summer classes will go on as scheduled. Peters addressed the University Council,...

There was an overwhelming response to last week's Beat the Caption in the Breakdown. So, we decided to print the better ones (those that were clean enough). We have designated the best, runner-up and second runner-up. Other than that, the captions are...

Playing its second game in 10 days, the NIU softball team struggled to find any offense against Western Illinois on Wednesday. The Huskies managed three hits in a 2-1 non-conference loss at McKee Stadium in Macomb. "When you get three hits in a game,...

"Hitchcock always maintained he could make a film about a man in a telephone booth," writes Sammy Davis Jr. in his autobiography, "Hollywood in a Suitcase." I've spent the past days pondering just what Alfred Hitchcock would have done differently if he...

NIU President John Peters gave as many specifics as he could at Wednesday's University Council meeting as to what actions would be taken to cut the now 2.9-percent reserve for NIU's fiscal year 2003 budget and the 8-percent reserve for fiscal '04 budget....

"Howdy, folks, you like blood, violence, freaks of nature?" Well if you do, then the soundtrack of "House of 1000 Corpses" should satisfy your appetite. Country lovin'? I think not. Good ol' boys? Try again. The great American pastime of sadism and dark...

The Committee for Preservation of Wildlife is trying to create awareness about the hazards of using styrene "to go" containers. The group wants to encourage the campus to use less styrene products, said Renee Kopulos, a graduate student in biology who...

If you're looking for a new spin on the good cop bad cop action movie, you'll find it. But if you're looking for a good Vin Diesel movie, you won't. "A Man Apart" is what the title suggests. A man, Sean Vetter (Diesel), is torn apart by the death of his...

Ahh, crap. The second I wrote this, my good weather turns to slop. Oh well, I hope that by listening to these discs, the warm weather of yesterday will become the warm weather of today. Listed below are M.O.O.S.E.'s Top 10 warm-weather discs to bump to...

For those fascinated with Irish culture, Friday may be the next best day to St. Patty's Day. Irish documentary filmmaker Desmond Bell will screen his newest film, "The Last Storyteller?," at noon Friday at DuSable Hall, Room 270. Bell is a world-renowned...

Despite the apparent indecision in the weather, Yo La Tengo has decided that it is summer. Drawing on bands like salsa great Astrud Gilberto, Nick Drake and a hint of legendary shoe-gazers My Bloody Valentine, Yo La Tengo has created a classic vision...

Bobby Birdman is creating some of the most innovative music that has passed beneath the mainstream radar lately, blending quiet electronics with guitar and voice. The Weekender had a chance to ask Rob Kieswetter, the mastermind behind Bobby Birdman, a...