I lost my mind this weekend and tried to "run to the mall" the Friday after Thanksgiving. What was I thinking? Had I gone totally mad? Well, no, actually. I needed a French dictionary. I hadn't gone mad. I needed the dictionary. You know—one of six...

A city plan to revitalize downtown DeKalb might be formally approved as a "policy guideline" for the city by January, according to a DeKalb city official. The Streetscape Plan calls for DeKalb buildings to be restored to their original appearance along...

The Boston Globe I am watching an ad for a new television set that offers a screen within its screen. The beauty of this technology, I am told, is that it lets the viewer watch one channel while scanning the others. But this particular electronic creature...

Yikes—They're back! Ministry's got a new album, and the kids at Medusa's are gonna love it. Ministry has a bizzare track record. Their early albums, "Twitch" and "With Sympathy" (which was a Human League nightmare) established the name Ministry. Their...

"Poetry is life distilled." _Gwendolyn Brooks Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Poet Laureate of Illinois Gwendolyn Brooks visited NIU Monday for a day of booksigning, workshops and a poetry reading. "A Day With Gwendolyn Brooks" was sponsored by English...

Negotiations between NIU, Board of Regents officials and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees have stalled and no further talks have been scheduled. The AFSCME, with a diverse range of NIU employees, wants its members whose salaries...

For those of you who missed Eleventh Dream Day when they played with Green in the Diversions lounge last year, I'm sorry for you. You missed a fabulous show. Fortunately, you have a chance to hear what you missed. Atlantic Records has just released "Beet,"...

Sigma Lambda Beta, a new minority social/service fraternity, has formed an interest group at NIU and is trying to join the InterFraternity and Black Greek Councils. Mike DeValdivielso, president of Sigma Lambda Beta, said the fraternity is interested...

The Student Association Supreme Court will begin guiding its course with bylaws after an old draft of the operating rules was found in the SA's archives Tuesday. SA Senate Speaker John Fallon motioned at the Nov. 19 senate meeting to formally request...

The DeKalb City Council passed a proposal requesting Congress to halt aid to El Salvador following the deaths of six Jesuit priests Nov. 17. With three aldermen voting against the proposal, three for, and one abstaining; DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow cast...

Students should keep local and permanent addresses up to date at Registration and Records (R and R). The Student Financial Aid Office (SFAO) uses addresses from R and R to contact students. Any students who attended a school other than NIU since high...

Despite one small hitch, the first event of Ethnic Awareness Week drew members of several campus minority groups to a forum about cultural stereotypes. A film entitled "Ethnic Notions" was to be shown Monday, followed by a forum about cultural stereotypes....