Everyone has seen the real thing—the "rockumentary" that relates the journeys of a rock band as they tour the country. It's packed with on-stage footage, backstage conversations, airport delays and heated band arguments. The most recent example was...

This one is for the girls. You pick up a glossy fashion magazine, thumbing through the advertisements and encountering model after beautiful high-paid model. "I can do that," you think, imagining yourself in a New York studio, heavily made up and primping...

WNIU-FM, 89.5, has decided to stop carrying Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion show due to doubled costs and decreased number of new shows. Assistant station manager Tim Emmons said a variety of factors contributed to the decision not to carry...

Whether parents wish to see how clean their sons/daughters keep their rooms, how they spend money, or have fun, many parents are choosing to attend Parents' Weekend at NIU. Some NIU students were asked whether or not their parents will visit, and the...

The NIU phone directories will be distributed during the first part of November. Although classes have been in session since August 28, the books are not delivered until November because of the Privacy Act, an effort to maintain accuracy and the time...

With surveys and more surveys telling us that most of the high school and college students are suffering in many academic areas, it is refreshing to see that the problem is being tackled on two levels. Last week, after some heated debate, NIU decided...

Though the main event of the Board of Regents two-day stay at NIU will be the vote Thursday on the final modifications to the controversial proposed policy changes, there are other items on the card. Today, two board committee meetings will be held in...

Efforts to assess NIU's handicapped accessibility were delayed with the collapse of a campus-wide audit last month, partly because Student Association representatives failed to attend a scheduled meeting. The Student Association invited representatives...

Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), NIU chapter, will host a "Renewal Gathering" at 8:30 p.m., tonight. The meeting will be at J.P. Hannagan's, 1215 Blackhawk Drive. Jerry Dostal, public affars director of Contel, will speak on public...

Interested students and their parents will get a chance Sunday to jump off the top of Huskie Stadium when they join NIU's Reserve Officer Training Corps in a rope-repelling exercise. The ROTC event is part the Parents' Weekend activities. "It's like a...

Judy Loudin is ready to party. Her daughter, Lisa, an art major, said her mother wants to go to the bars in DeKalb on Parents' Day. Is this typical parental behavior during Parents' Day? Probably not. Judy Loudin's dream is "to be a college student for...

Two campus political groups will debate topics of national interest tonight at a forum in the Holmes Student Center's Illinois Room. The Young Democrats of DeKalb County at NIU and the College Republicans of NIU will send four debaters each, including...