What could Pat Kaiser, a freshman marketing and psychology double major, possibly have in common with world-famous movie stars Harrison Ford and Michael Douglas? Besides breathing oxygen, the trio all date younger women, although the gap isn’t nearly...

Every two weeks, Sweeps will take a look back at NIU decade by decade. This is in no way a rip-off of that VH1 series we’ve never seen and certainly never bought the DVDs of. Television in the 1990s was all about "Beverly Hills: 90120," while college...

When riding the bus early in the morning one day, a girl had a loud and unnecessary 15-minute conversation on her cell phone. Do you have any advice for me if that happens again? My question to you is what is so important to talk about at 8:30 a.m? Next...

If love is like a kick to the head, in Tyler Perry’s "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" it’s more like whacking your newly paralyzed husband of 18 years behind his head. In the beginning, the gorgeous Helen (Kimberly Elise) has the "perfect" life: a successful...

Omarion seeks to establish his manhood and solo talent in his self-titled album "O." The former member and lead singer of the boy band B2K is on his own, taking all the spotlight after the band’s bad breakup. The bad blood between them hasn’t hindered...

There’s warmth attained when Sam Beam’s tranquil melodies glide across his simple acoustic arrangements. With the lovely winter weather beating down once again, Iron and Wine’s EP Woman King provides a soothing accompaniment to brave the sting of...

From the outside, the DeKalb Area Women’s Center, 1021 State St., resembles what you might imagine a house constructed in 1917 would look like: unappealing to the eye. The inside, however, is alive with ideas and spirit. Functioning as a meeting and...

Weekender Art & Theater Reporter In the theater before the show, a midwestern ambience emanates from every corner of the sparsely furnished Stevens Building Players Theatre, an atmospheric device conceived by Carl Myers, sound designer for "Far Away."...

An exhibit chronicling the life and career of a local resident, "Sights and Sounds: Photographs by Arthur Montzka," premiered March 1 at the Nehring Center Gallery, located on the second floor of the Nehring Center for Culture and Tourism for the DeKalb...

Recently, my editor and I did something amazing. We spent 11 hours and 5 minutes watching all three extended editions of "The Lord of the Rings." Let me change my statement. Recently, my editor and I did something ridiculous ... We sat on a couch and...

Spurned by competition from local venues and Internet services such as Netflix, Blockbuster set into effect a policy promising "The End of Late Fees." In February, New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey sued Blockbuster, claiming the ads were "fraudulent...

The next time you throw all in on that flush you’re holding, you could win a college scholarship. The College Poker Championship is in its second year of operation, rewarding the top online poker players enrolled in college with scholarships. Simply...