rban legends extend further into the daily routines of campus students than most may know. For example, according to folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand, "The Obligatory Wait," a rule by which students can leave class if their professor is 15 to 20 minutes...

The HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm" appears to be a documentary of comic genius Larry David. There is only one problem: there is no way the things in the show could actually happen to anyone. The use of very natural lighting, the too-bizzare-to-be-completely-fake...

Chris Carrabba is the epitome of emo music and he knows it. While he is able to take any subject, make it depressing as all get up and throw a minor-key chord progression behind it, he also knows his fans love to wallow in self pity with him. It’s why...

The Flaming Lips have changed a lot since the band's inception in the mid ’80s. This movie, by the group's tried and true video man, Brad Beesley, chronicles the progression from before the band began, when members created the "Fearless Freaks," an...

For more than a year, Brenden Kisiel has owned and managed the Wild Rose Bistro, 850 D Pappas Drive. His vision of the ultimate dining and entertainment experience has gradually expanded. On top of a changing food and drink menu, the Wild Rose Bistro...

NIU has more than 10,000 anthropological artifacts in its storage space in the lower recesses of Cole Hall. NIU’s Anthropology Museum, located in Stevens Building’s north wing, is officially staffed by one person, Ann Wright-Parsons. The museum is...

Two words: John Candy. He’s at his comedic prime in this 1989 classic (as is the nine-year-old Macaulay Culkin) and doesn’t give us a boring moment. Candy plays a bachelor uncle named Buck who takes care of his brothers’ kids for a few weeks, and...

Normally on a Tuesday night in DeKalb, there is not much to do. Yet this week a band called Of Montreal came to town. The House Café, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, was filled to capacity for of one of Polyvinyl Record’s biggest acts. While the show was only...

Tonight at The House Café, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, there will be a show that both talent buyer John Ugolini and Troubled Hubble Bassist Andrew Lanthrum feel comfortable calling "a barn burner." The lineup of the show consists of five bands - Troubled...

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...

It would be hard to deny DeKalb’s animal population is a bit out of control, especially if one were to consider the inhabitants of a certain area often called "Greek Row." There are a large number of squirrels, ducks, geese and cats which all have their...