The Bush administration’s recently passed Homeland Security Act likely will have an effect on some NIU students. The act was designed to improve the nation’s security and created a department that will deal with American domestic issues and take steps...

Sharon Howard is entering her 23rd year as director of University Resources for Women. Among the URW’s goals are improving the campus climate for women and helping returning students with re-entry to NIU. Howard, as URW director, has many responsibilities....

Rapper Talib Kweli definitely doesn't beat around the bush naming his latest album "Quality." The album displays the diversity of what has influenced Talib as an artist, and he pulled in a handful of producers to make the album, a few being Jay Dee, DJ...

After the early adjournment of the Student Association Senate meeting almost two weeks ago, SA President Kevin Miller took action on a pending issue without recommendation from the senate. Yesterday, the SA unveiled its new book exchange program and Web...

Have $400 laying around your room somewhere? Are you a big fan of the original episodes of "The Twilight Zone"? If you nodded your head "yes" to both of those questions, then there is a DVD box set coming out that might interest you. -On Dec. 2, a limited...

An empty shell of what it once was, the Anthropology Museum at NIU waits to be reopened. Flooding damaged the museum this summer, but it may open again to the public sometime next semester. Leaks from the heating and cooling system caused mildew problems...

What happened to the standard family sitcom? You know, like "The Cosby Show," "Roseanne," "Step by Step" and so on. They were everywhere when a majority of us students were growing up, and now they have disappeared, making way for an entire new genre...

This is the third in a three-part series examining religion’s role in student life. After fasting for a month during Ramadan, people of Muslim faith will celebrate the end of the month with Eid-ul-Fitr, or "feast of fast-breaking." Ramadan required...

Partying and drinking. That is what this week's featured local band, PrAnK, is all about. PrAnK is composed of four NIU students and an NIU alumnus. They are Aaron O'Clarre on lead guitar, Shelby Martin on bass, Scot Schaumburg on guitar/vocals, Dave...

Attention to all those who do not enjoy thinking at the movies: "Solaris" (R, Fox) is definitely not the movie for you. From the opening, sepia-toned shot of rain drops flicking off of a window, to the closing scenes of a miraculously healing wound, this...

Pardon me while I pour out this 40-ouncer on the curb for my lost homie. Jam Master Jay, the driving force behind Run DMC, spun to a different beat, bringing an often ridiculed music-style to the forefront of American music. Then he was killed. -In the...

Worried about finals? Why not sit back and relax from 6:30-9:30 p.m. this Sunday night at the Holmes Student Center's Heritage Room at the communication department's documentary film screening? All of the documentaries are made by NIU students and they...