Taking to the road for the first time this year, the NIU gymnastic teams will face a challenge when they take part in the University of Illinois Quadrangular at 7 p.m. today. The Huskies will go up against a University of Auburn squad that is ranked 13th...

Bioterrorism was a factor only in science fiction books until fall 2001. Once anthrax appeared mailboxes in 2001, the government and health officials began preparing for the worst. This winter, President Bush unveiled his Three Phase Plan to protect the...

Every semester, the Degree Audit Reporting System, otherwise known as a DARS report, arrives in the mailboxes of NIU students. The report states the progress students have made in meeting their undergraduate requirements. Before speaking with a student,...

Hate to spoil the surprise, but Dashboard Confessional always has been acoustic - nasal, whiny, sentimental acoustic. Some call this strange music ‘emo.' Some people like it, too - weird. The point of MTV's Unplugged was to unplug an electric artist...

2002 was a very bizarre year. Many "news" events fell through the cracks of hard news and into the land of obscurity. Listed here are the "dishonorable mention" awards of 2002. Feel no pity for the recipients: • The Hapless Award: Michael Jackson's...

Even though we are two weeks into 2003, the Weekender has decided to rank the things you care about most: Music, TV, movies and video games. (Every other magazine has, so why not the Weekender?) What you are about to read are the top three, as chosen...

The small, simple elements of life make this otherwise insignificant journey worthwhile. The smell of freshly cut grass, the roar of a curling ocean wave, a closed fist crashing violently into the noggin of a fat man named Hippo. - Little Mac was a fighter...

ILR plans trip to Kansas City museums The Northern Illinois University Institute for Learning in Retirement will travel to Kansas City by train on the Feb. 20 weekend. Cost to attend is $329 for a train ticket, a bus ride, as well as dinner and tours....

"25th Hour" is a New York movie, made for New Yorkers, by New Yorkers. But what else can one expect from director Spike Lee, a man who truly is New York? In this film, there is a scene reminiscent of one in Lee's 1989 film "Do The Right Thing," where...

A fter Stevenson Towers was completely renovated in 1999, NIU officials started thinking about the next big residence hall project: Grant Towers. The Stevenson project, which took two-and-a-half years to complete and cost $28 million, was only the first...

The first Faculty Senate meeting of the semester got underway Wednesday with an urge for members to join the First-Year Connections program. "We really want you to see that this is a worthwhile program," said Chris Kubic, assistant director of the Orientation...

he Student Association has disavowed any involvement with charges of alleged credit card fraud facing former Director of Organizational Development Lonnie Pollard and former Senator Anthony Currie. SA President Kevin Miller released a press release Wednesday...