The School for Classical and Contemporary Dance will continue its celebration of 60 years of dance at the Gala Spring Concert this weekend.

Ellen Page Shelton, director of the dance school, said she is very excited both for the concert and the ability to use the Scott Theatre as a venue.

"(It will be) a very diverse and interesting program," she said. "A mix of everything from our classical tutu ballet...to the new works by the guests and Susan Roberts and Elizabeth Gillaspy."

A lawsuit is pending over a Mississippi student who wanted to take her girlfriend to the prom and prompted the school to cancel the entire event rather than deal with allowing the couple to attend. Students are in an uproar over not being able to have their senior prom, and now the American Civil Liberties Union has gotten involved as well.

I think it goes without saying that this is utterly ridiculous. In a time when we are passing laws for gays to marry, seeing same-sex couples become parents and raising our kids without prejudice, this is a travesty indeed.

As the saying goes, a dog's bark can be bigger than its bite. Students at the university said they think the "Dog" coming to campus today fits that adage's description.Duane "Dog" Chapman, the bounty...

With 18 new recruits added to the football team's roster for the 2010 season, one stands out among the rest. Allen High School quarterback Matt Brown verbally committed to the University of Arizona Wildcats...

The university will work with benefits consultants to determine the effects the recently passed health care reform legislation would have on faculty and staff members' health insurance plans, a human resources official said.

It is too early to determine what effects, if any, the legislation will have on employees' plans, said Tracy Thompson, benefits manager for the human resources department. The bill was signed into law by President Barack Obama on Tuesday.

The No. 5 Horned Frogs will travel to Colorado Springs this weekend to face the Air Force Falcons. The Frogs (16-4) are looking to keep their success rolling this season as they face some conference play.The...

A 7-year-old brown-haired boy took the stage, anxious to perform his first solo. The boy's parents had been told that their son had a great ear and could carry a tune, but they weren't sure what to expect as their second-grader began to sing "Star Light, Star Bright."

More than a decade later, Tim Halperin looks back on his debut performance and laughs, remembering how he felt like a girl as he strained to hit the high notes that were just out of his developing vocal range. His father, Howie Halperin, tells a different story.

Come on. You knew this was coming sometime. If you've ever read my column, you could probably infer that I would be displeased with the health care reform bill that just became law. Rather than get all...

At Northern Illinois University, school officials and staff members have taken extra steps to ensure the well-being of students directly affected by a campus shooting in 2008.

The Office of Support and Advocacy was created to provide assistance to the 157 students enrolled in a geology class where five students were killed by a gunman in February 2008, as well as the roommates and close friends of the five students who died, in addition to students in the immediate vicinity of the classroom where the shooting occurred.

Free access to information is a growing need for the nation's changing society, said Alberto Ibargüen, president and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation."We need to be a leader in...

An open microphone, a landmark health care reform and Joe Biden - how does anyone not expect an outlandish comment of some kind? The now infamous f-bomb dropped by Biden in a personal congratulatory aside...

Early Monday morning marked the passage of the unprecedented "Obamacare" bill by the U.S. House of Representatives. President Barack Obama's signature officially made it federal law.Turns out some people...