NIU's Student Association has formed a new committee to better relations with the city of DeKalb. The Community Affairs Committee serves as a tenant union "plus a whole lot more," said Brian Subatich, committee adviser. The committee will deal with the...

What happens when an entire cast of actors, the stagehands and even the director allow their personal lives to affect their work? One might conclude that the result would be absolute chaos. Anyone who had the extreme pleasure of seeing the production...

"Casualties of War" is a rivoting, compelling movie about what happens to men in the face of death, destruction and violence. Though we've recently been bombarded with films about Vietnam, "Casualties of War" exceeds its bloody predecessors "Platoon",...

The Board of Regents is the governing body for NIU, Illinois State University and Sangamon State University. It comprises nine members and a non-voting student regent from each of the three Regency schools. A chancellor position was created for the Regents...

Although two NIU students reportedly saw former classmate Richard Church on campus Tuesday, the fugitive continues to elude the police. The suspected murderer of his girlfriend's parents has disappeared, but some unfounded sightings have been reported,...

"Here's the story, of a man named Brady..." I recently wrote a piece on the 1970's making a comeback, and all my friends have referred to it as "the Brady Bunch column." Funny, I only mentioned them twice! This made me think: why do we have such a fixation...

Well. Wasn't Sunday a beautiful day? I woke up and, surprise, surprise it was sunny! What a great day this is going to be, I thought to myself. This is so great! So, to celebrate the glory of the day, a friend and I decided to go out for breakfast. We...

The Student Association Recycling Center, located southwest of the Stevenson South residence halls, this year hopes to avoid garbage piling up at the plant and excess trash blowing into the west lagoon, problems which the center experienced last spring...

Since breaking up in 1983, the members of Bauhaus have continued to churn out worthwhile music through a variety of incarnations. The bands Love and Rockets, The Jazz Butcher, Peter Murphy, Dali's Car, Tones on Tail, The Bubblemen, and The Sinister Ducks...

"We're not preaching. We just want them to know there are people who care. If we can help them in some way, then we make it our duty," Peer Minister David Tumbarello said. Peer ministry is just one of the new areas offered for college students by the...

Can men and women really be friends or does the sex-part have to get in the way? "When Harry Met Sally" examines this and other questions in a fashion common only to Rob Reiner films. Billy Crystal plays Harry. Harry's a guy with a lot of vigor, a touch...

With a schedule that includes over 275 performances a year, Jay Leno, stand-up comedian and many-time host of "The Tonight Show," doesn't limit himself to large venues. One night he might be headlining in Las Vegas and two days later he could be found...