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Bloggers dig into DeKalb

By Rachel Gorr | October 17, 2004

“Frisbee Tournament at NIU!!!!!!!!” “House Party Tonight” “IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THE SCHEDULE OF CLASSES” These are but a few of the subject headers you will find at the NIU Community at livejournal.com. LiveJournal is an online...

Husky takes Chippewa hand

By Mark Pietrowski | October 14, 2004

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. Despite a loss in the mascot battle last week, the real-life Huskies defeated the University of Central Florida...

The Art of Nude Modeling

By Jessica Coello | October 13, 2004

While the term “nude model” may conjure images of Will Ferrell hilariously posing in the buff for an unsuspecting art class on “Saturday Night Live”, the world of nude modeling at NIU is much, much different. According to Maria Winclawski, the...

Good Charlotte: The Chronicles of Life and Death

By Lindsey Rosati | October 13, 2004

Benji asks, “Is anybody listening?” Sorry Benji, but I hope not! Good Charlotte’s third album, “The Chronicles of Life and Death,” is an attempt that comes up short. To make matters worse, the band decided to put out two exactly alike and terribly...

Usher: Confessions Part 2 (remix)

By Lady C | October 13, 2004

Usher returned earlier this year to again top the charts after three years. The talented and sexy Usher Raymond is multiplying his dollars with the special edition release of his already platinum album “Confessions.” This special album has the same...

Exploring the final frontier

By Rachel Gorr | October 13, 2004

It is your hope of hopes, your dream of dreams. It is that 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,...

Play me some Good Ol’ Jazz

By Erin Weinke | October 13, 2004

Mitchell Gaddis’ passion is jazz, “hands down.” He began playing trumpet his junior year of high school and hasn’t stopped since. He started a jazz program at NIU that informs students about the history of jazz and how it relates to American history....

Where have all the liars gone?

By Greg Feltes | October 13, 2004

Warning: This is one of those ludicrously socially irresponsible columns you are probably better off not reading; much like the column I wrote advocating smoking because of the revenue it brings and how it stems overpopulation. Or that column I wrote...

R.E.M.: Around the Sun

By Derek Wright | October 13, 2004

Michael Stipe sang,”It’s the end of the world as we know it” in 1987. It wasn’t, but the 1992 masterpiece “Automatic For The People” should have been called “It’s the end of R.E.M. as we know it.” What happened to the favorite sons of...

“Taxi”

By Marcus Leshock | October 13, 2004

Recently, I had a discussion with one of my favorite Chicago-area film critics. He was telling me how he had just arrived from the Toronto Film Festival and about all the fantastic films he saw there. He was able to sit and talk with filmmakers like “Sideways”...

“Friday Night Lights”

By Jessica Coello | October 13, 2004

“Friday Night Lights” may seem like another dramatic football movie made all too often, but in actuality, it was adapted from a true story written in 1988. The story of “Lights” is anything but a “Varsity Blues”-style romp, which frames the...

Q and Not U: Power

By Kelly Johnson | October 13, 2004

You never know what to expect with the new Q and Not U album. Its first album, “No Kill No Beep Beep,” successfully utilized Fugazi-influenced guitar antics. Their second album, “Different Damage,” reflected the loss of its bass player by incorporating...