No scripts, no rules, no turning back. This mission statement will be tested when Mission Improvable, a five-person improvisational comedy group, comes to the Duke Ellington Ballroom in the Holmes Student Center Saturday at 5 p.m. The group, originally...

REVIEW Mastodon - "Crack the Skye" Rating: 7.5/10 Mastodon has always been a little left of center compared to other metal bands, a bit more literate and more likely to appear on a festival ticket with a bunch of wussy indie rock. That's why the band's...

REVIEW "I Love You, Man" Rating: 6/10 Lip-syncing to Rush with no shirts on, harassing celebrities, taking silly pictures of each other, starting a jam band in the garage and spending every possible moment together: these are all typical adult male-bonding...

The NIU School of Music hosted a vibrant five-piece guitar recital Monday. The quintet consisted of Julio Cesar Caliman Smarcaro (guitar/vocals), Alejandro Fernandez (bass), Rodrigo Villanueva (drums), Patrick Terbrack (saxophone) and Clarice Castilho...

On April 3, 'Fast & Furious' will premiere in theaters, and unlike the other sequels to the 2001 film "The Fast and The Furious," the fourth film in the series features the original cast. The ever-menacing Vin Diesel returns as Dominic Toretto, alongside...

On television these days, there is a surplus of crime shows on the major networks, and ABC is adding a new show to the list with "Castle." So far, there have been three episodes to this series' name and have thus far included the same intensity as other...

English professor Dee Anna Phares chooses five books. "Asking me to list my five favorite novels is like asking me to choose which of my internal organs I like best," Phares said. "I am attached to all of them. So, instead of undertaking the Herculean...

"Duplicity" somehow manages to make a boring story entertaining, a complex plot comprehensible and miserable characters likeable. Set against the all-too-familiar backdrop of corporate greed and supremacy, writer/director Tony Gilroy returns to familiar...

There are thousands of applications available for download at the App Store through Apple and iTunes. Some are free, but others can cost a couple bucks. Now, I do not own an iPhone or an iTouch so the sheer magnitude of all these apps and what they can...

English professor Dee Anna Phares chooses five books. "Asking me to list my five favorite novels is like asking me to choose which of my internal organs I like best," Phares said. "I am attached to all of them. So, instead of undertaking the Herculean...

REVIEW The-Dream - "Love vs. Money" Rating: 9.5/10 I shouldn't be too surprised that Atlanta-based R&B artist and producer of The-Dream's sophomore album, "Love vs. Money," is so fully realized in terms of scope, depth and smooth, catchy hooks. He...

President Barack Obama appeared for a 25-minute interview Thursday night on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." The two shared a very informative and casual conversation on many current issues spotted with brief spouts of humor. The questions weren't as...