Life after college is one big blur. After obtaining degrees, students prepare to experience the world outside the university setting. For Jeanette Biava, a secretary for the College of Business, post-college experiences broadened her view of the world...

Picture the Homecoming football game as being against NIU alumni. Football captain James Frederick began the Northern Illinois - the predecessor of the Northern Star - October 1903 sports column as follows: "To the Alumni. On Saturday, October 10, occurs...

The O’Connell Theatre in the Stevens Building will be flooded each night of NIU’s Fall Dance Concert, both physically and figuratively. The O’Connell Theatre, which had its first experience with partial submersion during a performance of last year’s...

They Might Be Giants is well known for silly commentaries on society, though some of the things it’s sung about are far more true than most people would expect. The song "Older" is one example with such brilliant lyrics, "you’re older than you’ve...

3 Doors Down will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19 alongside acts Shinedown and Alter Bridge at the Convocation Center. "I think that’s a very powerful line up," said Kevin Selover, marketing manager for the Convo Center. In 2000, 3 Doors Down...

Liz Phair never should have changed. In the early ‘90s, she had to separate herself from the other indie artists. Now she has to separate herself from the likes of Sheryl Crow and Fiona Apple. There’s not quite the market for the indie chick rocker...

Spike Lee’s 2000 film with Savion Glover and Damon Wayans, about blacks in the entertainment industry and the stereotypes that surround them, is poignant and disturbing. After having a "Cosby Show"-type series about a black family rejected, writer Pierre...

Few movies have the ability to claim they are truly unique. "The Brotherhood of the Wolf," a French film, has that ability. It takes place in pre-revolution France. A mysterious beast is ravaging the land and two men are sent to destroy it. Samuel Le...

Students of NIU, break out the crazy costumes because Halloween is less than three weeks away. Because we love photographs so much, Sweeps is kicking off a Best Halloween Photo contest. As an incentive to enter the contest, the winner will receive a five...

3 Doors Down has hit the road again to promote its newest album "Seventeen Days" and will play at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19 at the Convocation Center. Guitarist Chris Henderson talked with Weekender about the maturing of the band’s music, Hurricane...

Homecoming weekend has arrived, and the bars in DeKalb are prepared to make the most of it. Establishments such as Molly’s, Otto’s Niteclub, Fatty’s Pub and Starbusters each have entertainment planned for Friday and Saturday. Festivities such as...

"Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" is a movie which moves perfectly in step with its doubled-edged audience of children and adults. The narrative fashions a whimsical world filled with goofy gadgetry, elaborate adventures and quirky characters,...