The extensive amount of work that is required to send a person soaring across a theater stage into a graceful glide is nothing short of incredible. Many people sit in the audience and gaze admiringly at the soaring star without having the slightest idea...

cDonald’s restaurants are changing the oil they use to cook fried foods. However, french fries and hash browns remain unsafe for vegetarians. The Oak Brook-based McDonald’s Corporation apologized to "Hindus, vegetarians and others" for misrepresenting...

The waters flowing beneath the burning bridge of WKDI still are as stagnant as they were all summer. Having been shut down by the Student Association because of unpaid bills, all parties involved are at a standstill as to what lies ahead for the silent...

The newest disease to alarm America, the West Nile virus, not only is receiving national attention, but also attention in DeKalb County. DeKalb County public health administrator Karen Grush recently released information about a DeKalb County man who...

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...