Happy Halloween, Huskies! Think this holiday deserves an awesome soundtrack to go with your awesome costume? So do I! It might be tempting to mourn the loss of trick-or-treating or feel slighted that All Hallow's Eve falls on a Monday. Turn that frown...
Turn on your television. Open a magazine. Look at the bottom of these pages. Advertisements are everywhere. They have become such an integral part of life that we see them without noticing. They play a huge role in commerce, and local businesses in Northern...
With Saturday's Halloween Extravaganza VII at the House Cafe quickly approaching, Matt Frank and Steve Marek of DeKalb's Loose Lips Sink Ships are prepping to play as infamous Toronto duo Death From Above 1979. The Northern Star spoke with Frank about...
There's something uniting about punk rock. It's not about the clothes being worn or the rarity of the records, but the visceral emotion pouring out of the music. By that token, it's not uncommon for fans of punk music to reach through hardcore, emo, grunge...
If you have been searching for a highly addictive indie pop band that is still below the radar enough to impress your friends, then Caught in Your Pockets might be just the band you’re looking for. Last year the duo rocked the House’s Halloween Extravaganza...
Danny Collins just crawled out of a van at 6:30 a.m., drunk and a little delirious. Collins braces himself slowly and takes a deep breath of morning air before looking back at his bandmates. The other members of the punk foursome the Stockyards are still...
Chicago-based mashup duo, The Hood Internet, is mixing things up 8 p.m. Thursday at the House Café, 263 E. Lincoln Highway. Bringing a mix of hip hop and indie pop, The Hood Internet is a little something for everyone. We've all been there: You want...
Gone are the days when Halloween consisted of dressing up and going door to door for candy, racing around the neighborhood and stuffing your pillow sack with nothing but sugary goodness. You felt like a kid in a candy shop. Now that we're all grown up,...
Ah, Halloween - an excuse for young women everywhere to dress like sexy versions of everything from kitty-cats to doormats. But how far is too far? Below is a list of ten of the weirdest "sexyfied" costumes of 2011. Yes, these are actual costumes. No,...
The next time you're tapping your foot at the Expressway Café in Stevenson, it might not be in impatience at the long line. Brand-new male a capella group Huskie Hunks is known to perform for students at Stevenson and other residence halls, hoping to...
Students are getting jazzed up for a performance at the House Café tonight.The Jazz Combo Fest, one of two performances per semester for the jazz combos in the NIU School of Music will be held 6:30 p.m. tonight at the House Café, 263 E. Lincoln Highway....
While watching horror movies is a popular tradition around this time of year, I would argue that the right book is even scarier. With movies, what you see is what you get. But with books, you're free to imagine the most horrifying monsters you can. Here...
