Sophomore illustration art major Jeny Caisman attends classes at NIU on weekdays like any other student, but on weekends she is routinely suplexed, body slammed and elbow dropped. Caisman has been a professional wrestler for three years. She performs...

Not everyone is lucky enough to get his/her dream gift during the holidays. There are many a reason for this happening during this season: stores sellout, friends don’t have cash and some people are just plain color blind. With that in mind, Sweeps...

What do you say to a man who risked his life to shelter people from a genocide that killed more than 800,000 of his fellow Rwandans? That is the question when one is face-to-face with Paul Rusesabagina, a former Rwandan hotel manager (played by Don Cheadle)...

Sweeps wouldn’t be Sweeps without a high-profile guest star every once in a while. Sweeps correspondent Laurel Marselle caught up with one of the stars of ABC’s red-hot “Desperate Housewives” at the 71st Annual State Street Thanksgiving Parade....

With nothing to do on a snowy afternoon besides go home and sleep, students can head over to the Jack Olson Gallery in NIU’s Art Building to check out student artwork from this semester’s graduating class. Ann O’Brien, acting gallery coordinator,...

There comes a time in every man’s life where his body, or “jintai,” takes a beating. Sadly, my jintai’s beating came this week. For the final Trade of the semester, I decided I would put my life on the line by defending myself from punches to...

The School of Theatre and Dance presented Dylan Thomas’ 1954 classic “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” Wednesday night. The show continues today and Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Stevens Building’s Corner Theatre. The play features the bachelor of...

When Weekender decided to do a power list, it became obvious the search for NIU’s 15 most influential people had to be extensive. Over the course of this semester, administrators, faculty and students were consulted to pinpoint the people who have had...

The holiday season traditionally conjures images of family and emotional warmth in the time of the bleakest weather and unexpected kindness. That is, until recent movies tried to exploit the downside of Christmas. Sure, the holidays can flat-out suck:...

“Alexander” is audience retardant, promising an exciting tale, then flashing a three-hour stop sign. It is an epically bad film - a film that will stand as a testament that big budgets and huge stars cannot guarantee you a decent opening weekend....

In the midst of everyone’s favorite time of year to shell out cash, Geffen Records has issued the long-awaited Nirvana box set “With the Lights Out.” Hyping more than 50 previously unreleased Nirvana recordings as well as an accompanying DVD, the...