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It’s about time you let go of your parents

It’s about time you let go of your parents

By Colin Remes | November 29, 2011

There are certain aspects of the child-parent relationship that never change. When we are little kids, we go running to mom or dad with a scraped knee or if we have a bad dream. When we are teenagers, most of us want nothing more than for them to leave...

Cuba Transgender Wedding

Cuba Transgender Wedding

By Franklin Reyes (AP Photo) | August 31, 2011

Just married transsexual Wendy Iriepa, right, and Ignacio Estrada ride in a classic car holding up a gay rights banner in Havana, Cuba, Saturday Aug. 13, 2011. Iriepa, whose sex change operation was paid for by the state, tied the knot with Estrada in...

NIU may be ‘key’ to arriving at wedding destination

By Joseph Olmo | February 9, 2011

One NIU alumni needs the NIU Communiversity's help to win her dream wedding. Lara Ward, a 2000 graduate, and her fiance Bernie Sullivan entered a contest from Brides Magazine five months ago. Now, they are just a day away from learning if they will have...

Getting married only makes sense if it is out of love

Getting married only makes sense if it is out of love

By Kathryn Minniti | January 19, 2011

Marriage is a long and fulfilling search to find the one person out of the 7 billion in the world that you love. To get married is the ultimate celebration of love and is a way of telling your significant other that your love is real. I understand that...

Getting married makes no sense

Getting married makes no sense

By Jessica Jenks | January 19, 2011

A woman once proclaimed, "If you like it, then you should have put a ring on it. Oh, oh, oh." She said this because marriage is obviously the human equivalent of the "Unbreakable Vow" in Harry Potter. Oh wait, except it is not. The divorce rate in the...

NIU Bridal Expo helped young brides plan their big day

By Kimberly Salton | January 17, 2011

Pink champagne and pearls was the theme of this year's NIU Bridal Expo and it greeted the brides as soon as they walked through the door. The Duke Ellington Ballroom at the Holmes Student Center was filled with pink beads, balloons, displays, and other...