The DeKalb movie-going audience would rather watch grown men purposely paper-cut their tongues than watch Michael Moore verbally grill Charleston Heston in the touching four-star documentary "Bowling For Columbine." Bryan Jeffries, the executive vice...

A long car ride and a national disaster can do wonders for a songwriter. At least that's the case for Tori Amos, who has parted ways with her former Atlantic label and plopped her best album to date into the laps of Epic Records. "Scarlet's Walk," which...

Alpha Phi Omega is holding its annual National Service Week through Sunday. Founded in 1925, Alpha Phi Omega, a coed national service fraternity active on 350 college campuses nationwide, is the single most representative undergraduate intercollegiate...

Every year, Muslims celebrate Ramadan by fasting and taking time for reflection. Muslims consider Ramadan, the first month of the Islamic new year, to be a month of purification. This year, the month began at sunset on Tuesday. Fasting is the major focus...

Both Chicago Police and anti-globalization protesters are hoping for a peaceful demonstration in Chicago today. Anti-globalization, anti-war, socialist and anarchist groups organized a protest of the 8th annual Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue CEO Conference,...

Saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett will make his way to NIU today to perform with the NIU Jazz Ensemble. The concert will take place at 8 p.m. in the Duke Ellington Ballroom at the Holmes Student Center. Under the direction of Ronald Carter, the band also will...

Remember the last time Eddie Murphy starred in a live-action film that was funny? Yeah, neither can I. "I Spy," Murphy's latest, is yet another addition to the sad attempts at enjoyable entertainment. The film stars Murphy as world-famous boxer Kelly...

Every generation has an open wound. World War II, among other atrocities, sent thousands of innocent Japanese into internment camps. Josef Stalin murdered millions of his own people. -The eighties gave us the New Kids on the Block. They are a pimple,...

You are invited to get lost in the scenery as the DeKalb Gallery, 161 E. Lincoln Highway, hosts an opening reception for local artist and NIU alumna Dale Osterle this Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. "Landscapes" features 13 hand-painted etching works by Osterle,...

Well, it is that time of year again. It gets dark between four and five o'clock, the temperature is rarely above 35 degrees, you have to put on five layers of clothing before you step outside and you have to let your car warm up before you drive. Is there...

Walk into Cole Hall during this time of year, and you will see students wearing sweaters. Not unusual for the beginning of November. However, if you walk into the building in the steamy month of August, you will come across the same scene. Students with...

Ever listen to music and think to yourself, "Why are these people on the radio?" That question should never arise with local Chicago-based band The Silent Treatment because they should never be heard on the radio. Their short, six-song album "Foreword"...