It’s a late Wednesday night when Bob Putz takes the stage at Starbusters Bar & Grill, 930 Pappas Drive. Tonight is karaoke night, and Putz is the first performer of the evening. The crowd erupts into applause and cheers as he begins to sing. "Go...

During the summer of 2005, 11 NIU theater students, who make up NIU’s SummerNite Theater Company, made a pilgrimage to the Mecca of Western acting - Moscow, Russia. This year the participating students and faculty brought their own production, "Alice,"...

With decent cinematography, above-par screenwriting and great acting, there’s certainly more to this werewolf B-movie than meets the eye. "Dog Soldiers" is a British horror movie that Sci-Fi Channel bought and then instantly adapted to its own. It shows...

"Electric Blue Watermelon" is as slick, dirty and fun as mud wrestling. It slides from country-blues hooks to boot-stomping roots riffs. The album gets back to the territory of 2000’s rousing "Shake Hands with Shorty." The sloppy songcraft of "Polaris"...

Schoolhouse Rock has gone from Saturday morning television to the Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St. The production "Schoolhouse Rock Live!" was adapted from the popular television series by Theatre BAM and Move On Productions, and became a live performance...

In a break from college-oriented activities, NIU’s Family Weekend is designed to promote activities students can enjoy with their families. "Family Weekend is an opportunity for students to visit with family and friends, as well as a chance for people...

Hungry? Dining halls at NIU are staples for students, whose stress levels have disabled their abilities to make well-balanced meals for themselves. Dining hall workers are essential to the success of the student population, but rarely do their days end...

Residence hall rooms bring new meaning to the word small. They are crammed, rectangular shoeboxes where students attempt to encase all that stands for personal style and character. Josh Abrego, a sophomore marketing major, has integrated the epitome of...

It’s past 11 p.m. on a Saturday night. There are parties. People are hanging out, relaxing and walking around here and there, but not many in the main areas of the Holmes Student Center. "Sometimes it’s busy," said Anirudha Sharma, a public health...

The dimly lit room looks to be a forgotten storage space, filled with a bunch of mismatched, slightly worn chairs as figures move silently amidst the long forgotten environment. It may look like a scene from an old horror flick, but it is the meeting...

Thank goodness for Nick Cannon. While playing the only focused character in this confused teen montage, he makes this drag-of-a-movie not entirely unbearable. He manages to carry this formulaic bungling of tired clichés, a predictable plot and a generally...

The other night I went out for a few drinks with some friends and my roommate told me to be home by a certain time for dinner because she was making some lasagna. But I think I may have spoiled my dinner by eating a little bit at the bar. Should I confess...