No brackets were involved, but that didn’t diminish Mike Gentile and Mike Novelli’s enthusiasm about making an elite eight. The duo created one of eight films which will debut this week at the third annual Reality Bytes film festival at NIU. The festival...

Sweeps was pleasantly overwhelmed with submissions for its first ever Spring Break photo contest. Even better, most of them were printable. Those that weren’t included a photo of a person with a cat in his mouth, which had a completely inappropriate...

They may be the Queens of the Stone Age, but for tonight, they are the kings of Otto’s Underground. Weekender in conjunction with Universal Records and Otto’s Niteclub and Underground, 118 E. Lincoln Highway, will celebrate this week’s release of...

"He’s too stoned," must have been the state of mind for American Hi-Fi while working on their third album, "Hearts on Parade." American Hi-Fi is no longer the flavor of the week on their third album. Their songs are almost as ridiculous as Good Charlotte’s....

If I had the power of Samara Morgan, the creepy demon child who terrorized America in 2002’s "The Ring," to frighten the unsuspecting with odd videos and threatening phone calls, I’d call the movie critics. For all their lambasting that the sequel...

"Robots" is the latest in CGI offerings from the creators of "Ice Age." It takes place in two settings: Rivet Town and Robot City. Between these two amazing settings, robots play large roles in every aspect of day-to-day life. Thus, everything from a...

According to history, Louis XIV was the King of France and one of the most idolized monarchs. The band that goes by the name, however, are just four guys that are full of themselves. "Me, me, me, me is all I really wanna talk about," shouts lead singer...

Spring Break is over and now students across campus get to look forward to one last thing before summer arrives: Finals. Instead of studying math equations or memorizing 30 psychological terms, some students must complete performance pieces in order to...

The Rare Books and Special Collections in the Founders Memorial Library is presenting a "Heroines, Harlots, and Homebodies: Women in Popular Literature at NIU" exhibit. The exhibit began in early March and will continue until March 31. Rare Books and...

It’s fascinating that the blues has a free pass to openly worship idols. More so than any other type of music, bands with even the slightest bluesy undertones name-check the past, lift elements from the genre’s forefathers and otherwise fly a flag...

I got really drunk one night and happened to fall asleep in a buddy's bed with him, and I woke up with my arm around him. I know I have a flawless heterosexual record. Does this constitute spooning? And if so, how do I handle everyone's accusations of...

Since I consider myself a social critic, it is important for me to ask, "What are we doing to our children?" The answer is never a simple one, but it is often unexpected. While shopping in a local superstore, I visited the bathroom. I entered the stall...