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...

Drunken bar behavior is common with college students, particularly as Halloween approaches. Looking back to the Friday, October 26, 1984, issue of the Northern Star, readers were more vocal than usual with opinions regarding such peace disturbances. The...

Downtime in the academia world is taboo for Natalie Churyk. There’s always research, interviews and papers to work on, but she manages to do more than just the standard academic rat race. Churyk, an assistant accountancy professor, manages to help out...

Lauren Hansen doesn’t like to draw attention to herself. Well-organized and laid back, the sophomore marketing major’s cool personality is reflected in her musical tastes. When asked to pick her top 17 songs, Hansen revealed a selection ranging from...

Rider Strong is back and better than ever. The child actor turned independent film star recently talked to Weekender about his new television series, his dream career and the secret dork he’s always been. Weekender: How are you doing? Rider Strong:...

As I’ve gotten older, I have noticed a decrease in my liberal desires (such as helping people) and an increase in my more conservative tendencies (calling anti-war protestors "traitors"). I have found I need guidance making my way through this time...

Java 101, 901 Lucinda Avenue, will soon begin to show student and alumni art in its restaurant. Owner Michael FitzGerald wants to give local artists a venue to share their art in the NIU and DeKalb communities. "There are not too many art galleries in...

his album isn’t your typical MTV Unplugged album. In the series' earlier days, the album featured an artist and an acoustic guitar. This album is not just Alicia Keys and her piano. There are violins, cellos, saxophones and background vocals, just to...

Bob Dylan may have been one of the most prolific songwriters of all time, but "Masked and Anonymous," proves that screenplays just aren’t his bag. Music-based films are familiar territory for producer Nigel Sinclair, who recently headed the Martin Scorsese-directed...

There’s a new coordinator and new exhibits to be seen at the Jack Olson Gallery. "I want to bring in a broader audience and make it a more interesting space," said new coordinator Peter Van Ael. Van Ael is a practicing woodcutter artist and has experience...

For the last year, DC Comics has teased comic fans with the release of "Infinite Crisis," a story line that might very well go down in history as one of the greatest comic-book stories ever. "Infinite Crisis," a seven issue mini-series that will affect...

English professor Ibis Gomez-Vega has come to know the experience of literature by teaching the subject as well as writing her own. Her novel, "Send My Roots Rain," was published in 1991, although she completed the manuscript years earlier. Over time,...