You ask for abstinence education, Mr. Wier? Well, the majority of high schools across the nation still teach abstinence education, and that number has actually increased over the past few years. Logic would follow that if abstinence education was effective,...

While Matt Wier's column on abstinence before marriage is well-intentioned, its distortion of the truth is saddening. There is nothing wrong with waiting for marriage before engaging in sexual activity, but it is just a choice. It is not the right choice;...

I encourage you to vote no tomorrow on the proposition to create the Kishwaukee Valley Water Authority. Here are my areas of contention that have not been adequately addressed in recent weeks: just one out of the three counties within the authority could...

DeKALB | The east side of DeKalb is reestablishing itself as a music scene, beginning with recent changes at Otto's. The club, at 118 E. Lincoln Highway, has retooled its schedule and focus, with the goal of bringing better bands to the area. Changes...

DeKALB | The Huka Corner is getting re-vamped and will get a new name this summer, under new ownership. New owner and NIU alumnus Mohammed Labadi said the location, 811 W. Lincoln Highway, has a lot of potential and he wanted to come back and "pick the...

Narrowing the many Liberal Arts & Sciences dean candidates down to four proved to be a long process for the LA&S Dean Search Committee. Beginning in fall 2006, the committee began the task of narrowing hundreds of candidates to the four who will...

The much-delayed "Live Free or Die Hard," the fourth film in the popular "Die Hard" series, will finally hit theaters June 29, just in time for the Fourth of July weekend. This "Die Hard" sees John McClane (Bruce Willis) as a retired police officer who...

The spot: Record Rev, owned by Mark Cerny, located at 817 W. Lincoln Highway. What's hot in the store? With floor-to-ceiling new and used music and the faint smell of Nag Champa wafting in the air, Record Rev is a store that every music lover should check...

To call The Good, The Bad & The Queen's debut the "natural successor" to Blur's 1994 breakthrough, "Parklife," would seem like an easy out for critics of Damon Albarn. Hate him, and this record is a dozen years too late and a futile attempt to grasp...

It is one thing to blame President Bush for all the world's problems, but to distort the truth and support terrorists goes too far. Liz Stoever in Friday's paper had a [column] on how the United States and Ethiopia should stop bombing Muslim extremists...

DeKALB | Sixty-five town homes may have a change in management, pending a DeKalb City Council vote Monday. Landlord and developer Jim Mason recently put all Mason Townhouse Suites on sale as part of a plan to try and establish a homeowner's association...