Eric Helser is a dancer of the strangest kind. All he needs is a dance pad and the video game Dance Dance Revolution to showcase his magic footwork. Helser, a sophomore computer science major, enjoys getting his groove on with the helpful assistance of...

He gone. Unless you’ve been living under a rock (and apparently one reader was), you now know that formerly beloved Chicago Cubs rightfielder Sammy Sosa was traded to the Baltimore Orioles last week. Now that newspaper columnists and television pundits...

Every two weeks, Sweeps will take a look back at NIU decade by decade. This is in no way a ripoff of that VH1 series we’ve never seen and certainly never bought the DVDs of. The 1970s at NIU mirrored the rest of the United States, which means there...

In a little more than 36 days, college (and unfortunately some high school) students will embark on one of the most exciting times of the semester: Spring Break. Like the average NIU student, you’re probably scurrying like a hungry alley cat just to...

All the Super Bowl hype - costly commercials and halftime controversy included - doesn’t mean a thing if a viewer can’t watch the show in a comfortable venue. Those not wanting to spend their Sunday night in the confines of their Lazy Boys and sofas...

Bob Dylan. Bruce Springsteen. Robert Smith. Morrissey. Jeff Tweedy. It’s time to add one more name to the list of poetic singers who can twist and turn words with flawless ease and wrap their lyrics around chord progressions that would leave Ryan Cabrera...

The NIU School of Theatre and Dance introduces two Molière plays to be performed over the next two weeks. "Tartuffe" is about a 17th-century con man who poses in clerical garb to mask his less-than-virtuous intentions regarding a wealthy aristocrat’s...

One senior art education major has given an artist’s touch to the pad she shares with her female friends. Rachel Aberle, a senior art education major, has prominently displayed some of her artwork around the house, including a set of six paintings of...

"That’s just my cowgirl alter-ego," hums Ani DiFranco on the title track of "Knuckle Down." The singer/songwriter and guitarist is back with more of her hippie attitude and dynamic talent. Her attitude shows the confidence present in her music. "Knuckle...

... And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead tries very hard to be edgy. Unfortunately, the group sounds less like a band expanding its horizons and more often like 20-somethings kicking and screaming, "Pay attention to our attitude!" The group’s fourth...

It's great to be Jim Cameron. His new film, "Aliens of the Deep," is less about any aliens of any deep, and more about himself and how much his marine biologist pals love their jobs. "Aliens" tries to celebrate these scientists and the strange creatures...