This month, Warner Brothers releases the fourth album from The Jesus and Mary Chain. Their first three albums, "Psychocandy," "Darklands," and "Barbed Wire Kisses," were all mighty good. A bit annoying, but rather enjoyable if taken in small doses. The...

The Boy Scouts of America this November will conduct their second annual Scouting for Food Good Turn. Boy Scouts across the nation will drop off grocery bags to people in their communities on Nov. 9, 10 and 11 and return for donations on Nov. 18. The...

K. Kiesel's exhibit brings to mind a famous quote by Mohandes Gandhi. A reporter asked him what he thought about western civilization. Gandi's reply was "I think it it would be a good idea." Kiesel's art is on display in the Holmes Student Center. His...

Shortly after 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, almost 100 American Marketing Association members strolled into the Holmes Student Center to check in from their 5-mile route around campus. The walkathon was a fundraiser for the Starlight Foundation, AMA's regional...

Hello Dolly, the musical version of Thornton Wilder's play The Matchmaker, is coming to DeKalb's Egyptian Theater for four days only. The performance opens on November 8 and runs through November 11, with a matinee on the 11th. Gary Flannery is guest...

The first time I heard the Smithereens, I was hooked. Literally. Alas, the band's new album, 11, is missing the great melodic hooks Smithereens fans like myself have become spoiled on. The wall of guitars is still screaming and the booming drums are still...

The twists of lemon are elegantly placed in the water glasses. Final touches are put on the tables, festively decorated with pumpkins, indian corn and gourds for the upcoming holidays. An employee notices that it is already 11:30 a.m. and hurries to turn...

Geography will play a key role if alumni from NIU and Illinois State University at Normal are added to the Board of Regents, said NIU's University Council executive secretary. "I have been advocating alumni for several months," said J. Carroll Moody,...

Two former NIU presidents will receive personal treatment through "an idiosyncratic personnel weighting scheme" according to a memo from Public Administration Director Jim Banovetz. Sent to public administration faculty and delivered anonymously to The...

What to be for next Halloween. It kinda‘ has a nice ring to it, but the question, no matter how simplistic it would appear, is actually quite difficult to answer. Costume hunters might want to begin searching for next year's perfect costume now, to...

A Soviet Christian who was imprisoned for eight years in a Siberian labor camp will speak in the Holmes Student Center's Sandburg Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Georgi Vins, author of three books on Christian persecution in the Soviet Union, will present...

Robert Martens, assistant controller at NIU, was recently named vice chair of the Employee Advisory Committee, a 19 member group which governs the State Universities Civil Service system. Martens also serves as NIU's representative to EAC. He represents...