Two NIU alumni, Damon Royster and Matt Solomon, spoke to students about their careers as comedic writers Sept. 27 in the Campus Life Building. Royster took writing classes at Second City in Chicago and was a writer for the production Udderball, which...

The blonde, bodacious No Doubt released its sixth studio album, Push and Shove, Tuesday. The band has not recorded an album since Rock Steady in 2001. According to a Sept. 24 interview on Fuse.tv, No Doubt’s influence for the new album was their favorite...

What do sunglasses, chaos and a paralyzed artist have in common? Ballet. That’s right. Modern dance and contemporary ballet can take simple phrases and transform them into powerful art. Last weekend, Danszloop Chicago and Collective Body Dance Lab presented...

I spent a beautiful Saturday afternoon in Chicago eating great food. What makes me any different from 2.7 million other Chicagoans? I learned where my food came from, how it was raised and how the farmers took care of the livestock. The second annual...