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...

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...

The corner of First Street and Hillcrest Drive has turned into a vacant lot with a sign and sweet corn vendor. The corn stand has been at the site for four or five weeks each year with the permission of the site’s owner, John Griffin, president of the...

Students who plan on living in a special-interest house next year in the residence halls now have another option. The Lincoln Hall C-wing will become a teach house starting next fall. The teach house is an expansion of the current teach floors that currently...