The next time you're wandering aimlessly through the aisles of your neighborhood video store, consider renting one of Stanley Kubrick's films. All of his films are a cut above the typical mindless Hollywood fare. His early films are hard to locate in...

Mother Nature does funny things to people. I've been at a loss to explain what happened last Thursday. No, I am not blind to the fact that the snow god chose to dump inches upon inches of the white stuff on us as we blindly stumbled and tripped our way...

The DeKalb city engineering department is in the second phase of installing 23 synchronizing devices into stoplight controllers. The project focuses on setting new controllers to shorten red light period depending on traffic condition, said City Traffic...

Route 5 of the Huskie Bus Line might run up to five minutes behind schedule due to road construction on West Lincoln Highway. Construction is being done on Lincoln Highway for one mile west of Annie Glidden Road, said DeKalb Civil Engineer Joel Muarer,...

Amnesia, DeKalb's newest night spot, has been in business exactly one week today, yet has enjoyed the full force of success from the very moment it opened its doors to the public. One theory for Amnesia's rapid rise to the top can be attributed to the...

Some students used the wrong ballot and were not checked for identification during the Student Association senate elections. The second day of last week's election was postponed because of more than seven inches of snow. Today is the last day to vote,...

An NIU chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People might be underway thanks to the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. NAACP co-chairmen James Anderson and John Quilico met in Lincoln Hall Monday evening with about 17 NIU students....

Even with fewer periodicals at Founder's Memorial Library, NIU needs to reduce study space and use off-campus storage. "We have been aware of the problems facing the library for some time; however, we are coming to the point where something will have...

NIU Professor Full name: Elliott Lessen Birthdate: Feb. 10, 1947 Birthplace: Syracuse, New York Current NIU position: Professor of Educational Psychology and Special Education. Years in current position: 12 Education: Undergraduate, Syracuse University....

The long-awaited speech by controversial black Muslim leader Louis Farrakhan ended without violence. Farrakhan's intensely guarded lecture Tuesday at the Chick Evans Field House lasted about two hours, and included topics from anti-Semitism to female...

NIU students interested in living with people of similar lifestyles or academic goals should consider one of the residence hall system's special interest floors. Jack Felver, associate housing director, said the university offers a wide variety of living...

One DeKalb County democrat and three republicans are slated to run for John Countryman's vacant seat in the state legislature during the March 20 primary election. The lone democrat listed on the ticket is Bob Tisch, a second-year NIU law student. Tisch,...