Although drink prices at campus vending machines increased, NIU won’t receive any additional money. This fall, bottled drinks were raised from $1 to $1.25 and canned drinks went from 65 cents to 75 cents. The reason for the price increase is a rise...

Two Board of Trustees meetings are scheduled for today. Both will be held at the Holmes Student Center’s Capitol Room. Academic and student affairs • From 9 to 10 a.m., there will be the Academic Affairs, Student Affairs and Personnel Committee meeting....

The day of the first football game was a busy one for equipment manager Richard "Dick" Townsend. Not only was there the regular work of doing laundry, placing decals on equipment and regular equipment check-out, but also taking care of the equipment that...

Avoid The Riddlin' Kids' "Hurry Up And Wait" like the West Nile virus. Unless, of course, you enjoy trite, over-produced power chord-saturated pop-punk. Trite is a great word to describe the Riddlin Kids. Particularly the fourth track "Blind." -Please...

In this age of rap-rock and hip-hop, it's hard to find a band that stays true to rock 'n' roll roots. Coldplay is one of those bands. On its excellent new album, "A Rush of Blood to the Head," it carries on the tradition of modern rock 'n' roll ballads...

Did you ever ask yourself what there was to do around here on weekends, or even during the week? I used to ask myself that question all the time, and usually there was nothing going on, that I knew of, and all my friends had gone home. Hmmm...what to...

"24 Hour Party People" (United Artists, R) is a fresh new film out of the United Kingdom. It's a narrative based on a real-life story all about sex, drugs and, most importantly, new-age rock. The first scene of the film involves the main character, Tony...

Deborah Pierce always has had an interest in international studies. Pierce, who came to NIU Aug. 1, replaced Manfred Thullen as the executive director of NIU’s division of international programs. For Pierce, encouraging students to study abroad is not...

DeKalb police are investigating a burglary that took place at 5:45 a.m. Tuesday at Fatty’s Sports Bar and Grill, 1312 W. Lincoln Hwy. According to police reports, an unknown man broke into the sports bar. According to DeKalb Police Lt. Jim Kayes, the...

"The Good Girl" (R) is a film about choices. Choices that are made to hide lies, choices that are made to escape from stagnant situations and choices that are thought to have been made for the right reason -- the "good" reason -- but end up wrong in the...

The end of summer is a time of change for students. A semester has ended, a new one is in the near future and during that in-between period, many people find themselves having to relocate to a new residence hall or apartment. Toward the beginning of August,...

NIU is experiencing its largest year-to-year enrollment in the past 25 years. "There’s a buzz about NIU. It’s a neat place to go," NIU president John Peters said. Melanie Magara, assistant vice president of Public Affairs said incoming freshmen numbers...