The streets have become flooded with cars, the sidewalks with people and my heart with sadness. Now is the time when all the whiney, smelly, unappreciative people of DeKalb - often called college students - return in attempts to further their education....

Welcome back to another year of answering, and laughing at, your problems. For the eager minds reading this column for the very first time, this is how it works: each week I will answer problems that have perplexed you for an extended period of time even...

The Weekender is back with another semester of bringing you, the reader, the finest in the way of entertainment in and beyond DeKalb. Much like in past Weekenders, we will keep you up-to-date on the latest music and movies by having one of our trained...

DeKalb’s annual summer Corn Fest is one of the last-standing free festivals in the area and great entertainment is key to a successful event. This year’s festival will have two featured stages in downtown DeKalb. The Community Stage is located on...

311 has made quite an audacious move on its eighth album, titling it, "Don’t Tread on Me." The historical Gadsden flag phrase is indicative of the struggles our American forefathers endured to begin a revolution and claim independence from Britain....

Fall Out Boy, Chicago’s pop/punk rock band spent its summer on the Vans Warped Tour thanks to its sophomore release "From Under the Cork Tree." Bassist/singer Pete Wentz, who penned the first album "Take This to Your Grave" about a girlfriend who cheated...

The story behind "Blade Runner" is simple. Man hunts robots. Man meets attractive robot. Man falls in love. It’s this story that leaves more to be desired from the film. While it has been hailed as one of the greatest sci-fi films in history, I must...

Ever wonder if that person you met online was really who they said they were? With everyone and their mother posting away on sites such as MySpace.com, you’re bound to come across some pretty fantastical profiles. We at Sweeps are getting to the truth...

After I saw this film for the first time, I had to watch it again the next day. It’s a story about the workers and customers of a beauty spa in France and the romance that flickers in and out of their lives. Angele, (Nathalie Baye) the main character,...

Who says DeKalb has nothing more to offer than corn? Although community newcomers and veterans alike may not know it, there’s an abundance of artistic activities hidden within the walls of the NIU campus and scattered throughout the streets of downtown...

NIU’s School of Theatre and Dance 2005-06 season is eclectic to say the least. Ranging from 19th century Russian war epics to 1980s communist Polish Cinderella adaptations to post-Sept. 11 American dinner parties, the unlikely plethora of productions...