Technology is making learning more convenient with the trend of universities offering audio lectures through podcasting. Podcasting is a subscription-based delivery model for audio and video files to be delivered via the Internet. At this time, to Information...

The first "Saw" was a grisly tour-de-force of gruesome violence and menacing puzzles, but the real jolt was how the film neatly wrapped up every plot point with a capable yet shocking ending. Much like "The Sixth Sense," "Saw" left a scattered array of...

DeKalb’s Nehring Center is hosting an exhibit of artwork from a simpler time; when good was good, dictators were evil, everyone supported the troops and war was war. The Art of World War II exhibit, located at 211 S. Second Street, uses original propaganda...

"Secret Window" can join the likes of other Johnny Depp flicks: "Pirates of the Caribbean," "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "Sleepy Hollow," to name a few. All would be mediocre films without his absorbingly entertaining acting, Depp can join...

Anthropology professor Daniel Gebo has been featured in Time magazine, The New York Times and BBC Radio for the discovery of small fossils called Eosimias. This advancement in primate evolution has made Gebo a highly respected member of the primatology...

It may not be as large as the main campus, but NIU Naperville, one of NIU’s three outreach centers, is a dynamic facility. Opened in September 2000, NIU Naperville, 1120 E. Diehl Road, became DuPage County’s first permanent public university site....

Matt Nathanson was raised on music from the ’70s and ’80s and it’s apparent in his live shows. The self-proclaimed "every girls’ best friend" has the mouth of a sailor when it comes to telling stories and jokes and seconds later can make a crowd...

As good as it may be, Thrice sounds too much like a variety of other bands to be taken seriously as a legitimate rock group. Already, groups like New Found Glory and Yellowcard have managed to establish themselves as the headlining grudge-rock bands of...

If there are any lingering doubts that sexual harassment still exists in the workplace, this film would immediately dispel them. Based on a class action lawsuit settled eight years ago, "North Country" comments on an extremely relevant social situation....

NIU Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Brett Mitchell grew up with "Star Wars." As is true of most kids, the music, the light sabers and the force struck a note that would have a lasting impact. "Often I’ve thought about why I conduct and some 1 percent...

Video games are often at a disadvantage in Hollywood. Titles such as "Halo," "Metal Gear Solid" and "Resident Evil" blur the line between player-directed action and professional quality cinema. Unfortunately, one only needs to look at the 1993 bomb "Super...

Certain albums make better soundtracks than the overly-hyped public relation tools that pass as movie soundtracks nowadays. At times, a band can piece together tracks that are cohesive enough to backdrop the movie in our minds and diverse enough to compliment...