I learned I will never become a world-renowned paintball expert for one reason - I don’t sleep on a pile of money. This week, I became a member of one of the most extreme sports known to man: the NIU paintball club. The first thing I tried to understand...

Every week before NIU football games, Sweeps will bring you the real matchups that matter, like which team mascot would win in a street fight. This week, our beloved husky will face off against a symbol of American freedom - Eastern Michigan University’s...

“Whoops!” This was the title of a horrible early ’90s FOX sitcom, but it could have easily been the title for “Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason,” a film more interested in the ridiculous embarrassments of its main character than promoting any...

Welcome to a flavorful edition of Playback. This week’s installment comes from Harriett Wilson, a Stevenson cafeteria cook helper who hails from nearby Sycamore. When she’s not working, Wilson likes to spend her time reading, gardening, traveling...

Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Fear not, friends, for it seems you have stumbled upon the long-lost island, er, residence hall room of NIU students Heather McCoy and Charity Thompson. The girls have turned their homely Douglas C room into a jungle...

It is your hope of hopes, your dream of dreams. It is the job you have been salivating over ever since “Career Day” in kindergarten. It is your dream job. From time to time, Sweeps will delve into what it takes to be an astronaut, fashion model, CIA...

After debunking the campusfood.com myth, the Sweeps Action News Team grew aimless and lost its sense of purpose. Then we found out about a sex club at NIU. Needless to say, it hit us like journalistic Viagra. SANT needed answers and jumped into action...

Pretentious as it may be, Pixar has earned the right to put the word “Incredible” into the titles of all its films. In this case, the title refers to a family of superheroes. However, “The Incredibles” could easily stand for Pixar’s unreal animation...

Fareed Haque has at least two identities - mild-mannered professor of jazz and classical studies by day and jazz-rocker by night. It was his daytime role on display in the Music Building’s Recital Hall Tuesday night. Even with a football game going...

The Huskie Den is a hodgepodge of local celebrities, eclectic history and entertainment. DeKalbians of all ages flock to the Huskie Den, located directly beneath the Carl Sandburg Auditorium, to bowl, play billiards or dance the night away on the Dance...

Ciara hopes to make her mark with her debut album, Goodies.” The album title and first single, “Goodies,” is a popular radio hit and gets its fair share of play at parties. This track features Petey Pablo and the remix has Jazze Pha and T.I. with...

Someone may be watching you when you walk through the Martin Luther King Commons. The Commons has been broadcasted live on the Web since 1999, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. “When we first put the camera up, it was pretty cool,” said Don Larson,...