It’s bound to happen at least once a week. You’re walking to class through the Martin Luther King Commons and you see people crowding around someone, but don’t have the time to see what all the fuss is about. Well, Sweeps has got your back. From...

Weekender was curious what the biggest news story to hit NIU this year has been. WE asked 10 students to rank 10 events in order of newsworthiness. First-place votes were worth 10 points, second place votes worth 9 points, third place votes worth 8 and...

Claiming to have mastered the art of table tennis with an unstoppable forehand top-spin stroke, my paddle, record and heart were shattered within moments of joining a new club. This week, I studied the notes I took in high school physical education class...

Yearning for a bootleg-esque live album of a mainstream band? Then “Alive At Last” may be your album of choice. But after just three full-length albums and a handful of hits, is a live album warranted? While the band claims “Alive At Last” is...

The local band consists of three friends: Michael Smith, senior, (vocals and guitar), Dave Wood, psychology graduate student,(drums) and Jay Raymond, junior (bass). Its sound can be described as eclectic, funky and laid-back. The songs’ sounds range...

Jude Law’s devilishly charming good looks are entertaining, but they can’t save this film. “Alfie,” directed by Charles Shyer, is a remake of Lewis Gilbert’s 1966 film starring Michael Caine. A cockney womanizer, Alfie (Law) has to learn the...

Welcome to another amazing edition of the one-and-only Playback. This week’s dream compilation comes from Dan Nikolov, a junior mechanical engineering major. The Batavia native says his best concert experience was when he saw his two favorite bands...

A matchup for the ages will be transmitted on ESPN2 at 6:35 p.m. today from Huskie Stadium. The contest between the NIU Huskies and the Toledo Rockets is a huge event, with the MAC West conference title belonging to NIU if it wins. The Rockets have won...

From MTV to NIU, Cribs is in the house ... well, residence hall. Throughout the semester, Sweeps will delve into the dopest domiciles NIU students inhabit. This week, we visit the the oh-so-eclectic pad of two NIU students. What do the Chicago Bears,...

It is your hope of hopes, your dream of dreams. It is the job you have been salivating over ever since “Career Day” in kindergarten. It is your dream job. From time to time, Sweeps will delve into what it takes to be an astronaut, fashion model, CIA...

R. Kelly and Jay-Z are back ... again, with their collaborative album, “Unfinished Business.” In 2002, the pair made their first joint attempt, “The Best of Both Worlds,” which flopped - and the tour was canceled. R. Kelly faced rape charges that...

The Sahara Hotnights are what The Go-Go’s would have sounded like if they had rocked as hard as they partied. Not that the four Hotnights are nymphomaniacal drug addicts. They just know how to write catchy pop gems while playing the role of femme fatales...