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...

"Panic Room" (Colombia, R) is one of those movies that will have you gripping the arm rests of your seat so hard that it will have permanent finger imprints. Director David Fincher has yet to be a disappointment with his dark and eerie thrillers. It has...

Despite a small turnout, Patchouli delivered a riveting blend of acoustic soul and folk music for NIU students Wednesday night at the Holmes Student Center’s Diversions Lounge. The event was sponsored by CAB Coffeehouse and included an intimate, candle-lit...

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...

For students in Reavis, Watson and Montgomery halls, NIU’s trying to make the air flow a little bit easier. NIU hopes to upgrade and replace existing heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and replace windows in the three campus buildings....

Another candlelight vigil was held at the King Memorial Commons Saturday, but it wasn’t just to remember the Sept. 11 attacks. The Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program held a vigil to remember those who have taken their lives. The program was founded...

The current cold front hitting DeKalb County has affected mosquitoes carrying the deadly West Nile virus. Bob Drake, head of the Solid Waste and Environment for DeKalb County, said the recent cold is not enough to kill off the mosquito population, and...