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"...

If you throw together a little talk about politics and war, you get the local news - and the premise behind the movie "The Sum of All Fears." The first half of the film moves along slowly as director Phil Alden Robinson sets up the plot and key characters....

Have you ever heard a Norwegian man say the F word? It's worth the ticket price alone to see what critics are calling the best Norwegian film in 25 years, "Elling" (R, First Look Pictures). Starring Per Christian Ellefsen, who won the best actor award...

About 30 of the world’s leading scientists of particle physics will visit NIU today to lay plans for the next significant step in particle physics. They will meet today through Saturday for a workshop to begin the design of a particle accelerator. An...

It appears as though our entertainment level has hit rock bottom. With the release of "Jackass: The Movie," it has now become evident that all it takes to entertain us is a few drunk guys sitting around giving each other paper cuts. Don't get me wrong....

Is it wrong to rock for God? Detractors of the Christian rock genre have often criticized the non-secular artists for being overly - sentimental, downright cheesy or, in Creed's case, complete crap. One of the few differences separating mainstream artists...

Although the Rockford Peaches, an All-American Girls Professional Baseball team, had their heyday in the ’40s, Susan Stephens wants to preserve their history in order to inspire others. Stephens, news director at WNIJ Northern Public Radio, presented...

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...

After the Nappy Roots finished a 65-minute show at the Holmes Student Center’s Duke Ellington Ballroom on Tuesday night, the six group members stepped outdoors to show their appreciation for NIU. Even though the attendance - estimated at 400 - was much...

This is the final story of a three-part series analyzing the future of NIU’s budget. The budget cuts and tuition increase this year were the cause of much stress among university staff and students alike. But these issues are far from over, and the...