Lollapalooza Grant Park, Chicago - Aug. 1-3 Price: $190 for a three-day pass (price subject to change) Perry Farrell's Lollapalooza Festival has been resurrected from the dead and found a permanent home in Chicago's Grant Park. For the past several years,...

Warped Tour Tinley Park, Ill. - Aug 2. Price: $29.75 per-ticket. Hopefully this year's Warped Tour focuses more on music, and less on being the "Wal-Mart of punk rock." With Army recruitment booths and mohawks galore, Warped is a spectacle in and of itself....

In honor of LGBT Awareness Month, today's track is Queen's no-holds-barred anthem of unbridled freedom. Queen front-man Freddie Mercury was an LGBT icon in a time when fear and misunderstanding about the then-unconventional lifestyle plagued the country....

1. "Juno" Is there anybody who didn't see this in theaters? It not only had an incredible script by Diablo Cody, but Ellen Page also dominated the screen and Michael Cera only increased his rising stock as "that funny guy from ‘Superbad.'" 2. "Before...

Sex sells, and at NIU, sex sold. The sex-bomb, student-run production of "Selling Sex for Cash" sold out two of its three shows. However, after the curtain went down on the final night, the drama began that would lead to the destruction of the student-run...

Director: Gordon Douglas Starring: James Whitmore, Joan Weldon, James Arness Plot: This tale of the nuclear age claims that splitting the atom makes things grow big. A community in New Mexico is laid to waste as an army of enlarged monster ants rips people...

Rating: 2 / 10 Starring: Brittany Snow, Scott Porter, Collins Pennie Plot: A group of teenagers can't enjoy the magic of prom when a knife-wielding maniac won't stop trying to get a glimpse of Snow. The good: The movie is cheaper than a night at an expensive...

Bikini Kill was a great riot grrrl act that ended too soon. Le Tigre picked up right where Bikini Kill left off. Explaining Le Tigre is a difficult task, but the best attempt would have to be a combination of punk, electronica and indie rock. "Deceptacon"...

Rating: 6 / 10 Starring: Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie Plot: When Tom Ludlow (Reeves), a vigilante LAPD officer, is implicated in the brutal murder of a fellow officer, he begins to question his loyalty to the police family that has protected...

In the 2002 film, "Barbershop," the character Eddie calls the barbershop, "The place where a black man means something! Cornerstone of the neighborhood! Our own country club!" For those who grew up watching chunks of black hair hit the floor as the deep...

I attended the early The Devil Wears Prada show Thursday at the House Café and my experience confirmed that, at 22, I am an old man. The following is a list all college-age students should refer to if they suspect they too are old. 1. You haven't heard...

Between despairingly beating the sands of an apocalyptic New York and toting his rifle proudly and declaring "From my cold dead hands," Charlton Heston became the debatable American Icon. The native son of Evanston was originally known for his work in...