"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...

When one thinks of a Jamaican, music by artists such as Bob Marley used to come to mind. That was then. Today, big record labels are pushing to have that Jamaican accent attributed to pop stars like Shaggy, and now, Beenie Man. -Just who is Beenie Man?...

While many students were spending their summer lounging by a TV or pool, Kathryn Carroll was chasing storms across Oklahoma. Carroll, a senior meteorology major, was one of a handful of students picked nationwide to participate in IHOP - the International...

I have no problem with the huge amount of war movies that have been made over the last few years, but since the release of "Saving Private Ryan," most films have failed to contribute something new to the war movie genre. There are exceptions, such as...

A table full of food, bottles of wine, walls packed with art and handfuls of people ... mix all these things together and what do you get? A good gallery show; and that is exactly what happened last Friday night at the DeKalb Gallery, 161 E. Lincoln Highway....

While crossover gospel music (gospel with a modern pop sound) isn't my cup of tea, I recently came across an album that changed my perspective on this music genre. In 1999, Hot Lips Records signed IMANI, a female gospel trio out of Philadelphia, to record...

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start. Grab a case of beer. Let loose the dogs of war. The year was 1988. The game, Contra. As millions of people typed in the Contra code, thumb blisters were formed. Near the bottom, in fine unreadable...