This is part two of a multi-week series chronicling columnist Connor Rice's experiences during No Shave November 2011. If a beard grows on a quiet man, does it really count? I've always been introverted in school settings. Even if I have full comprehension...
Paint it, black. Or red. Or yellow or purple or any color you like next semester. The NIU Convocation Center, 1525 Lincoln Highway, announced via press release Wednesday it will host DAYGLOW, the self-proclaimed "World's Largest Paint Party," on Feb....
"Have internet, will procrastinate" is my motto. Paper and project deadlines are stacking up almost as high as the pile of reading I need to catch up on, and yet it seems there is always something more interesting than homework. As college students, most...
No Shave November is a celebration of testicular fortitude, manliness, grizzly-bear-wrestling-capability, civil disobedience and testosterone. For the entire month of November, men of all ages choose not to shave. Why? Well, let’s be honest, I made...
As I looked into my refrigerator, I grimaced at the sight of a bag filled with what a picky eater like me dreads most - broccoli.I didn't want to eat the broccoli but I was determined to fulfill the promise I made to Martha O'Gorman, coordinator of nutrition...
When you're a poor college student eager to impress others, it can be difficult to throw a party and stay within your meager budget.It being my birthday Saturday, I decided that instead of doing the usual "going out and spending a ton on Malibu and Cokes,"...
In this blistering winter season, there's only one thing that truly guarantees a warm trek across campus: boots. In the snow and through the biting cold wind, a sturdy pair of boots is exactly what one needs to avoid these unfortunate hypothermic temperatures....
The boys of MTV's The Buried Life brought their Megatour to NIU Friday to share their experiences with crossing items off bucket lists and to ask students: What do you want to do before you die? Their story, though buried itself in excessive T-shirt giveaways...
Thank God for all he missed because watching Darius Rucker take the stage at the NIU Convocation Center, "it all made perfect sense." Thompson Square kicked off the concert Saturday with some "Rock N' Roll" energy with their rendition of a Led Zeppelin...
Hunter S. Thompson once wrote a book, forgot about it and published it years later. It was called The Rum Diary, and now it's a major motion picture. The Rum Diary is set in the 1960s and follows Paul Kemp (played by Johnny Depp), a journalist from New...
News broke Wednesday that indie music's most adorable couple, Zooey Deschanel and Ben Gibbard, have opted for a divorce. Upon hearing this, you may have been shocked. You may have shed a tear. You may have decided you are never going to believe in love...
Cauz ‘N' Effx is a study in cause and effect. Artists as varied as Led Zeppelin and Tech N9ne were the catalysts for the musicians of the Aurora-based quartet to start meshing their respective styles. The result has been years of collaboration between...
