Newsman/Bluesman Buzz Kilman and his All Bubba Blues Band are coming to DeKalb this Friday night. Slated to play at Otto's at 8 p.m., the band brings with it a high reputation for onstage talent and fun. Originally called the Backroom Blues Band, the...

Student police patrols might be roaming campus next semester if the proposal gets needed approval. Morenike Cheatom, Student Association Campus Security Advisory Board adviser, said the board will decide whether to recommend the idea at its next meeting....

The drinking age in England is 18, but you can only drink until 11 p.m. Most pubs have last call between 10:50 and 11 p.m. Some dance clubs are licsenced to serve alcohol until 3 a.m. but you have to pay and arm and a leg to get in and then another arm...

Some of DeKalb's most prominent people will be kidnapped and held for ransom Sunday. Lambda Chi Alpha is hosting their first "Jail-n-Bail," said LCA Vice President Mike Alber. The fraternity obtained permission to "capture" the mayor and some well-known...

Three local politicians and an NIU official will be spinning records Saturday to benefit the American Cancer Society. Mayor Greg Sparrow, along with DeKalb County Clerk Terry Desmond, State Rep. John Countryman, R-DeKalb and Eddie Williams, NIU vice president...

NIU officials will spend more than $500,000 to buy more land so future recreation does not suffer. Eddie Williams , NIU Vice-President for Finance and Planning, said the 44.17-acre site, in the western part of campus next to the football field, might...

If the ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show' is the king of cult films, then ‘Repo Man' must merit at least the status of a duke. As with most cult movies it delivers its message in an offbeat, looney way, but the movie also teems with dry, satirical humor....

NIU students reported two men masturbating in public Tuesday, University Police said. One student said he saw a flasher at about 2:45 p.m. outside a classroom in the Psychology/Mathematics building, police said. The student described a man who has frequently...

The Williston-Adams Corridor will link the Wirtz Quadrangle with the King Memorial Commons after getting a facelift this summer. Patricia Perkins, NIU assistant vice president of Finance and Planning, said the $169,000 project will improve the safety...

The legendary annual tug-of-war competition between fraternities is underway this week. Rob Martin, Pi Kappa Alpha president and tournament co-chairman, said tugs is run solely by the fraternities. Although tugs occurs during Springfest, it is not sponsored...

NIU student health insurance is still a good deal, according to local agents' quotes for similar coverage. Although NIU's group student health insurance is slated to increase 80 percent, from $78.40 to about $140 per semester, it will still cost less...

Summer heat will soon return and many DeKalb residents will "take the plunge" into local swimming pools. Hopkins Park, 1403 Sycamore Road, opens June 2, said Facility Director Steve Sherrill. The park opens for lap swimming and sunbathing at 10 a.m. The...