The Facebook of fashion has arrived at NIU. College Fashionista is a website created to blog the different fashion styles around campuses. The website was created by Amy Levin while she attended Indiana University. Her passion for blogging led her to...
Southern rockers .38 Special will headline this year's Corn Fest. The group, which scored big hits in the ‘80s with songs like "Hold on Loosely," "Caught Up in You" and "Second Chance," will close the show on Aug. 27. Corn Fest organizers also announced...
A number of adjectives could be applied to a 1960s pseudo-Roman farce crammed with slaves, eunuchs and whores. But Sue Johnson, director of the Stage Coach Players' production of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," says that the show is...
DeKALB | There are a few reasons to have lunch on-campus: cafés are within walking distance from your classes, they can be cheaper than the corporate alternative, and you've already shelled out cash for Huskie Bucks which are burning a hole in your pocket....
DeKALB | Reuse-a-palooza, a cell phone, battery and ink cartridge recycling drive, will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday night at the House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway. Hosted by the NIU Green Paws Environmental Alliance (the Green PEAs), Reuse-a-palooza...
Pizza, a staple of college students everywhere, was born in ancient Greece. But the pizza people know and love today was not introduced until 1889 in Italy when cheese was added to the flattened bread, according to recipepizza.com. For the longest time...
Peanut butter and jelly. Batman and Robin. Pizza and college. Pizza has become a stereotypical staple of the time spent pursuing a higher education. But even its biggest fans can find themselves seeking alternatives to the same old pie, and I can speak...
DeKALB | Pizza has long been a staple in every college student’s diet, and in a community including university students, a variety of pizzerias are bound to take hold. Pizzerias in DeKalb provide a wide range of choices for the pizza-loving college...
DeKALB | Three days. Five French films. One historic theater. The returning Tournees French Film Festival will take place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday night at The Egyptian Theater, 135 N. Second St. Organized by the NIU Film Society, the...
Have you ever listened to Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness? It's something like that. Is World will perform at 7 p.m. on March 18 The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway. The Motherfolkers and the Oxford Owls will also perform. Tickets are $6. Hailing...
I love comic books. The Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo is coming to Chicago from March 18-20, and I wish I could go. I almost want to quit my band so I don't have to be on tour the weekend of C2E2. Having been to a couple of comic conventions in...
Every band strives for a unique sound, but few venture into the territory known as ‘experimental.' Bonzo Terks, however, have chosen to take that leap with a genre the group has dubbed ‘free/groove/exploder.' The Northern Star talked with Luc Parcell...
