Ricardo Cortez Cruz delivered a powerful presentation Thursday at the Holmes Student Center’s Carl Sandburg Auditorium. As 7 p.m. approached, the auditorium began to fill with students representing every nationality with notebooks in hand. The students...

It would be safe to say this year’s NIU football team has ventured into unfamiliar territory. The Huskies (5-3, 4-0) have won four straight games for the first time under coach Joe Novak and won’t need any help to claim a MAC West Division title....

It is 150,000 years ago; do you know where your ancestors are? This was the dramatic question posed Thursday night by John Relethford, a professor of anthropology from the State University of New York College at Oneonta. Relethford attempted to answer...

The members of Sigma Gamma Rho have taken a proactive role to reorganize their service sorority. The sorority was placed under probation last spring by its national headquarters. "We were put on probation for violating our national headquarters’ Membership...

Mama always said that pudding and phone sex are a dangerous mix. Barry Egan (Adam Sandler) finds that out the hard way in Paul Thomas Anderson's new film, "Punch-Drunk Love" (R, Columbia). Barry is a shy, introverted man trying to figure out just what...

The Barsema shuttle bus schedule has changed again. The current schedule is the third one this semester. "The change is due to students expressing an interest in a shorter bus route from Barsema," said Maurice Montgomery, the Student Association’s director...

The sounds of a piano filled Boutell Memorial Concert Hall last weekend as students from the School of Theatre and Dance presented two dance concerts. The money raised from the concerts went to Dance4Life, an AIDS foundation in Chicago. Art4Life is an...

Few authors have written a "rap novel," but author Ricardo Cortez Cruz is one of them. He's coming to NIU today to discuss issues that prompted his book, "Straight Outta Compton," which addresses social and cultural issues that most are afraid to talk...

Acid jazz/R&B/funk group Liquid Soul just released its fourth album, "Evolution." The Chicago-based octet is known for its tight horn licks, incredible solos and innovative fusion techniques while combining elements of jazz, hip-hop and even techno....

Seeing "The Ring" will give you nightmares for the rest of your life. Inspired by novels written by obscure author Suzuki Koji, the original version of the film called "Ringu," was released in Tokyo in 1998. Directed by Hideo Nakata, the critically-acclaimed...

Listening to Elephant 6 veterans The Apples in Stereo can be like a trip inside Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. If you're not careful, you'll wind up with a mouthful of cavities and a stomachache. Previous efforts have found frontman and lead guitarist...

Last December, NIU hosted the best concert I've ever missed. The same night Ben Folds played the Duke Ellington Ballroom, I had floor tickets for ISU's rock ‘n' roll triple whammy featuring Weezer, Tenacious D and Jimmy Eat World. I still hated missing...