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...

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,...