Although homecoming week doesn't officially begin until Sunday, it's a homecoming of sorts for Bicycle Day, Friday night at The House, 263 E. Lincoln Highway. The band, which consists of guitarist and vocalist Andy Herald, guitarist Jer Misiaveg, bassist...

India.arie released her second Motown album "Voyage to India," and it is just as soulful as her first, "Acoustic Soul." The album contains 16 tracks, three of which are interludes, and all blend together to make a good "chill" album. The album begins...

It smells like platinum sales for Courtney Love and the surviving members of Nirvana - Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic. Love reached an agreement with Vivendi Universal Music Group allowing for the release of a Nirvana compilation album, a box set and...

Hip-hop is alive and well, thriving wildly in one of the most obscure places - downtown DeKalb. Cast against a dimly-lit atmosphere, poets, lyricists, dancers and rappers performed to a full crowd last Sunday night at The House, 263 E. Lincoln Highway....

ou’re in good hands with Matt Mangum. At least, your workout program is. In his second full year as NIU’s strength and conditioning coach, Mangum designs, implements and oversees workout programs for all of NIU’s nearly 350 athletes. "The most important...

The scariest stories are those that deal with human nature and what happens when that nature gets the best of us. "Red Dragon" (Universal, R), based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Harris, is a story of transformation. Just as a caterpillar can...

Being on campus, a lot of freestyling can be heard in the strangest places - in front of DuSable Hall, Grant Towers' elevators and even public bathrooms. Well, here's a challenge for all you rappers/artists. Henkel Consumer Adhesives Inc., makers of the...

Blue, white and red are the three colors of France's national flag. The blue stands for liberty, the white for equality and the red for fraternity. These words inspired the colors, in turn inspiring Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski to direct his "Three...

NIU President John Peters got the University Council meeting in progress Wednesday by expressing his reaction to the Oct. 3 State of the University Address. "My belief was that when the clouds were gathering, I realized what an amazing vitality that this...

Students involved in the Illinois Teacher Education Program will see two revamped forms of financial aid next year. The I-Teach Scholarship Program and the Teacher Loan Repayment Program are special-incentive programs provided through the Illinois Student...

Just after 9 a.m. Tuesday, a structural fire erupted at a College Square apartment building, 832 Ridge Drive, causing Ridge Drive to be shut down for several hours at Normal Road. DeKalb Fire Chief Lanny Russell said the blaze started on the third floor...

A sharp turn proved costly Tuesday evening as a Wal-Mart delivery truck crashed into a building at the corner of Lincoln Highway and Seventh Street. DeKalb police responded to the call at 9:32 p.m. The driver of the truck, who spoke on condition of anonymity,...