The next time you throw all in on that flush you’re holding, you could win a college scholarship. The College Poker Championship is in its second year of operation, rewarding the top online poker players enrolled in college with scholarships. Simply...

What do you get when you combine Kevin Williamson, Scott Baio, Craig Kilborn, Shannon Elizabeth, Carrot Top, an animated dog and Wes Craven? Yes, a bad joke. But also, a bad movie. In movies like "Teen Wolf" we had a teenage monster hitting the game-winning...

Whoever said that ‘70s rock is dead and long gone is wrong. Plug in the lava lamp, grab a spot on the faded shag carpet and get ready to flash back a good 30 years, because the spirit of heavy ballads and swooning vocals lives on in Dead Meadow. The...

"Man of the House" is next in the long line of not-so-prestigious films that juxtapose archetypal (or cliche) action heroes upon a typically mundane setting. Purveyors of this tradition include "Kindergarten Cop" at best and "Suburban Commando" at worst....

Chris Shim, a 2002 graduate of Harvard University, won Weekender’s 2005 Oscar contest by correctly predicting 19 of the 24 winners. The Seattle native came across the Northern Star’s Web site while searching the Internet for Academy Award competitions....

From the signs on the door to the patio bar turned desk, anyone can tell that 528 Grant South Tower B is a bachelor pad run amok. "Neither of us brought anything to decorate with when we moved in," said Patrick Weaver, a freshman business administration...

Omar Lopez and Cedric Bixler constantly reap the benefits of their At The Drive-In days. Even the 2003 debut, an experimental masterpiece, profited from the kneejerk reaction to recall the past. But what that debut had and this follow-up lacks is a rallying...

A spiritual soul searching journey has come to the creation of Tori Amos’ ninth album, "Beekeeper." "Beekeeper" evokes an emotional, physical and mental healing through abstract songs. The tracks are not all autobiographic, but are from stories that...

At a time when the Paris Hilton "US Weekly" cover is considered must-read literature, Rebecca Reynolds still finds time to curl up with a good book ... or 10. Reynolds, a sophomore political science and psychology major, said she likes her page-turners...

Courtney Nash is a real wild one. Nash, a senior communication major, has been president of NIU’s Committee for the Preservation of Wildlife for three semesters. The role involves relentless letter writing to state representatives, usually before a...

Tina Fey. David Duchovny. Dido. MVP Baseball. Seth Cohen. Stuffed pizza. Eric Helser, a sophomore computer science major. What do they have in common? As Ron Burgundy would proudly proclaim, "Perfection!" The 300 game is the ultimate dream of bowlers....

Has anyone ever told you that you look like someone famous? With the Oscars upon us, Sweeps polled students to see which celebrities they thought they most looked like. Some of the time, the resemblance were less than striking. Jaime Garcia senior economics...