"sex,lies and videotape" is a strikingly original film that explores the psycological motivations behind sex. It features a unique love quadrilateral that consists of an uptight and sensitive housewife, her crude but bold sister, her traitorous husband...

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...

When all else fails to alleviate housing condition problems between tenants and landlords, DeKalb Code Enforcement can help get needed repairs completed. The first step in getting apartment repairs completed is talking to the landlord. If all attempts...

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...

The American Marketing Association will hold a walk-a-thon today to raise money for the Starlight Foundation in the King Memorial Commons at 3 p.m. The Starlight Foundation is a service organization whose purpose is to grant the wishes of "critically,...

The recent beating of an NIU student sparked tempers and emotions around the NIU campus, leaving many local authorities on opposing sides of the issue of increased campus violence. Some campus groups have claimed the incident that occurred in the 900...

Several NIU service organizations will take part in university-wide fundraisers the week of Nov. 13-17 to raise money for the Red Cross to help victims of the Bay Area earthquake and Hurricane Hugo. Each organization will approach the fundraisers differently,...

A panel of leaders from six campus groups spoke about racism and oppression at a mass meeting Tuesday night to more than 150 audience members. The six groups, the Black Student Union, Feminist Front, BROTHERS, Freedom Now, Organization of Latin American...