“THE BOYS” (AMAZON PRIME VIDEO)
“The Boys” is an action-comedy superhero series created by Eric Kripke. The show was developed from a comic book series with the same title created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson.
The show stars Jack...
“The Culture Pop,” hosted by Lifestyle Editor Daija Hammonds and Chief Copy Editor Bridgette Fox, returns after an extra week break for another episode of pop culture discussion.
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On this week’s episode of “The Culture...
By Caleb Johnson, Lifestyle Writer
| November 9, 2022
Young artists got a chance to let their work shine on Nov. 7, as NIU’s School of Visual and Performing Arts opened its annual High School Invitational in the Jack Olson Gallery.
Alexandra Dawe, a graduate art design education student and the gallery's...
By Caleb Johnson, Lifestyle Writer
| November 8, 2022
Return to the fantastical land of Xadia. After a three-year hiatus, Netflix’s animated series “The Dragon Prince,” now sporting the new subtitle “Mystery of Aaravos,” is back and better than ever for its fourth season, referred to as "Book 4:...
By Nick Glover, Lifestyle Editor
| November 7, 2022
Early Tuesday morning, rapper Takeoff, one-third of the rap group Migos, was shot and killed outside of a Houston bowling alley.
Kirshnik Khari Ball, better known under his stage name Takeoff, was reportedly outside of the private party that was happening...
On Oct. 18, NASA released on its website that NEOWISE has captured 18 photos since being repurposed, creating a time-lapse movie of the sky. When the telescope’s images are stitched together, scientists can see a decade's worth of change in the cosmos,...
By Caleb Johnson, Lifestyle Writer
| November 6, 2022
November has come and that means it’s time for writers to rise to the challenge that is National Novel Writing Month, colloquially known as NaNoWriMo. The idea is simple: write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days.
According to an interview with Small...
By Caleb Johnson, Lifestyle Writer
| November 4, 2022
Music and technology collided as enthusiasts gathered Wednesday for the opening night of NIU School of Music’s Tenth Year Anniversary New Music Festival. The three-day event was helmed by Gregory Beyer, director of percussion studies and the new music...
Richard Rostron is an NIU alumnus who graduated in 1998 and wrote for the Northern Star. Since graduating, Rostron has worked at numerous newspapers such as The Woodstock Independent and Chicago Tribune.
Rostron has always been passionate about reading...
Take all that leftover Halloween candy and relax from the holiday with these three motion pictures, ranging from audacious 19th-century female heroines to an appreciable documentary about climate change.
“Anne with an E” (Netflix)
“Anne with...
By Nick Glover, Lifestyle Editor
| November 2, 2022
With the release of pop-icon Taylor Swift’s new album “Midnights,” many music fans stopped paying attention to any other releases and instead chose to dive into Swift’s music and her music only.
Though Swift’s music is worth the build-up...
By Nick Glover, Lifestyle Editor
| November 1, 2022
Saturday afternoon, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies put on a screening of Dr. LinDa Saphan’s documentary “Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll,” a film that focuses on the many stories of Cambodia’s biggest rock...
