Feature Story: … more

Megan Robb likes to play characters who are strong and have an independent streak.

WHO IS HE: Brian McKnight grew up singing in a church choir and has gone on to sell more than 16 million albums during the course of his 20-year career. He also managed to score 12 Top 20 R&B singles during that time.

At first glance, Judith “Miss Manners” Martin and daughter Bina, an improv instructor at Chicago’s Second City, seem opposites. Gentle Reader, you be the judge. Even from a distance, through a glass door, she’s instantly recognizable: the imperious gaze, the elegantly arched brows, the signature Victorian up-do that has graced best sellers for more than a quarter-century.

Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38.

If you haven’t heard already, Band of Horses is playing at Freeborn Hall on May 27. Students can purchase pre-sale tickets at the Freeborn Ticket Office for $25.50 with a student ID tomorrow beginning at 10 a.m.