#8220;There has been a report of a possible gunman on campus.” Northern Illinois University (NIU) officials issued this campus alert at 3:20 p.m. the NIU website stated, and that students should “Get to a safe area and take precautions until given the all clear. Avoid the King Commons and all […]

Stephen Kazmierczak, the man who opened fire at NIU, had purchased two of the guns legally, said Northern Illinois University Campus Police Chief Donald Grady. He stated that they have confirmed that he had purchased at least two of the firearms that he used from a dealer in Urbana-Champaign. The […]

The Board of Trustees voted 7-1 to an increase in tuition and fees. This means students who enrolled in 2004, and will be attending NEIU next school year, will pay $458.40 more for the semester in tuition and fees based on 12 credit hours per semester, according to the President’s […]

Chicago native band, Danger Is My Middle Name, infused doses of pop-punk electronic music at a local coffeehouse, Bean Counters, in the sleepy town of Highland, IN on Feb. 9. Parents, teenagers and several young children packed the small venue among the citrus-colored walls and one-foot-tall stage. Without a doubt, […]

After the tragedy at our sister school, and with the first anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings only two months away, questions arise concerning campus safety at home. The shootings at Northern Illinois University (NIU) in DeKalb left six people dead, including the shooter, and several others injured. At a […]

On Fri. Jan. 25, NEIU’s Student Government Association (SGA) conducted a Mardi Gras-themed back to school party, to kick off the spring 2008 semester. The Physical Education Complex’s main gymnasium closed at 4 p.m. in order for SGA members to embellish the facility with bright gold, green and purple party […]

The year is roughly 1600. The place is Rome. These were not the most peaceful times in human history, and the art world was not exempt from this experience. Titania Produzioni/RAI Fiction and RAI Trade bring us the biopic Caravaggio about the Baroque-era Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi, better known as […]

Surfing the internet, I suddenly heard loud cursing coming from the dorm across from me. It was one of my suitemates yelling at something called a Bonerdagon. This was my first encounter with Kingdom of Loathing. Kingdom of Loathing (www.kingdomofloathing.com), or KOL as most users like to call it, is […]

When music is created from experience and the heart, it becomes something soft and touching, such as Missy Higgins’ On a Clear Night. Her clear and residual voice relays an emotional journey through heartache and maturing. At age 23, the Melbourne-born Higgins is full of energy and self-motivation. As a […]

#8220;Mom, that was freaking awesome!” So said my son after I took him to see Blue Man Group for his 20th birthday. I was amazed to find that the concept of the group is older than him. Three friends, Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton and Christ Wink, came up with a […]