Even though sweatpants and a hoodie may not be the most attractive outfit you can wear to your 2 p.m. Wednesday class, you’ll blend right in at the Huskies Den’s Pajama Party tonight in the Holmes Student Center. The night kicks off at 11 p.m. and...

Instead of being situated on Greek row, the house they call a home is the Music Building. They are the Greek organizations that focus around music and they are here to give a new definition to Greek life. Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Sigma Alpha Iota and Kappa...

What happens when a klutzy and hardly supermodel FBI agent goes undercover in the Miss USA Beauty Pageant? "Miss Congeniality," starring Sandra Bullock as that agent, centers around one such premise. "Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous," revolves...

Sweeps has been captivated by several pieces of unique art popping up all over campus, but not in art galleries or ceramics labs. What has been striking our fancy lately is the body art gracing the arms, legs and necks of NIU students. These four Sweeps...

The Wild Rose Bistro, 850 Pappas Drive, hosts Jazz Jam Sessions by NIU students every Wednesday from 7 to 10 p.m. Last week the sessions were canceled due to a class at 4 p.m that required all jazz majors to attend. NIU jazz combos have been going on...

DeKalb isn’t known for its crazy club scene. Starbusters Bar & Grill, 930 Pappas Drive, and Otto’s Niteclub, 118 E. Lincoln Highway, lean more toward the live-music side of bar entertainment. Fatty’s, 1312 W. Lincoln Highway and Molly’s, 1022...

Why is it that when the weather gets just one degree above 50, the whole campus seems to come out of hiding? Perhaps it has to do with not getting enough Vitamin D. How should I react to the different groups now surrounding me on campus? Give me your...

"Did I Promise You Moliere?" is a study of three S’s: subjectivity, sexuality and sacrilege. It follows the Woody Allen and Jerry Lee Lewis-esque incestuous, age-gapped sex romp of French playwright Moliere. Stevens Building’s Corner Theatre will...

The fiery bird gracing the cover of "Meltdown" like a phoenix rising from the Ash-es is fitting for the band's current state. After failing to break into mainstream America with their previous releases, the Irish band is pushing once again to make its...

Some band lineups should never be touched, tampered with or changed in any way, shape or form. Take U2 for example. If The Edge suddenly left the Irish quartet, the power, prestige and musical brilliance would be gone forever. Without the effects laden...

Stephanie Jurs appreciates an animated character with ... well ... character. Jurs, a senior political science major, said she has always focused on the story’s players rather than the story itself. "I am more of a character-driven person," she said....

"You want a piece of me?" If art professor Ron Mazanowski is asking the question, the presidents of Brazil, Chili and Honduras answer "yes." The leaders of those three countries all own works from Mazanowski’s collection, a ceramics teacher at NIU for...