In spite of Counting Crows stealing the attention of many college students, comedians Dennis Sheehe and Ellen Cleghorne put on an outstanding show at Starbusters Bar and Grill, 930 Pappas Drive. Sheehe, whom has been touring with Cleghorne for the last...

Taking a little more than an hour to tally, the votes are in and new Student Association senators have been elected. A total of 682 students came out to vote over the two-day election period, with 347 votes on Wednesday to add to Tuesday’s 335. There...

This week I feel the need to take a break from explaining things to do that require the spending of money. After all, most of us probably are too busy paying bills to be able to go out every weekend and spend money like there is no tomorrow. So what is...

Perhaps one of the things that sums up who we are as people is not how we adapt to change but how we deal with the fear that surrounds it. "Spirited Away" (Disney, PG), a Japanese anime film, shows us how a young girl overcame her fears, teaching the...

How about a big fat apology? The hit film "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" is being turned into a television series this midseason by CBS. The network apparently is hoping it will match the success NBC had with its 1990 spin-off, "Ferris Bueller." Makin' bacon...

Alien Crime Syndicate would like for you to, "please raise up your hands if you like Ozzy or the Motley Crue." Any fan of hard rock music will have the opportunity to do just that tonight at Otto's Niteclub, 118 E. Lincoln Highway, when the band performs...

A 30-year-old DeKalb County female has been infected with the West Nile virus, and now is hospitalized. This is the second human case of the West Nile virus in DeKalb County. This case, and 17 others recently announced, brings Illinois’ total to 518,...

David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, paid a visit to and spoke to NIU business majors Wednesday. In his speech entitled "Transitions and Transformations," which he gave in the new Barsema Hall Auditorium, he outlined what the government...

Peace activist Kathy Kelly was on day 37 of a 40-day fast at U.N. headquarters in New York when the Sept. 11 attacks occurred. She wanted the U.N. to end its economic sanctions on Iraq. Tuesday night she spoke to a crowd of more than 125 people at the...

Past the Study Abroad fair and into the Holmes Student Center’s Regency Room, which was softly lit by a large iron-cast chandelier, there was a semi-circle of chairs surrounding a projector. Along the back wall, teachers milled about tables laden with...

Senators campaigned for the first time this semester on Tuesday as elections for the Student Association Senate began. More than 330 students turned out to vote for their future senators at DuSable Hall, the Holmes Student Center and Founders Memorial...

Today marks the beginning of elections for your new Student Association senators. The SA will hold voting from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at DuSable Hall, the Holmes Student Center and Founders Memorial Library today and Wednesday. Some students, like senior sociology...