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Bachelor pad on top of its many games

By Rachel Gorr | October 18, 2004

From MTV to NIU, Cribs is in the house ... well, apartment. Throughout the semester, Sweeps will frunk out the funkiest fly facilities NIU students inhabit. Close to campus and next to the endlessly exciting birthplace of barbed wire, five upperclassmen...

Bloggers dig into DeKalb

By Rachel Gorr | October 17, 2004

“Frisbee Tournament at NIU!!!!!!!!” “House Party Tonight” “IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THE SCHEDULE OF CLASSES” These are but a few of the subject headers you will find at the NIU Community at livejournal.com. LiveJournal is an online...

Husky takes Chippewa hand

By Mark Pietrowski | October 14, 2004

Every week before NIU football games, Sweeps will bring you the real matchups that matter, like which team mascot would win in a street fight. Despite a loss in the mascot battle last week, the real-life Huskies defeated the University of Central Florida...

Howie Day to rock NIU

By Nick Swedberg and Kartikay Mehrotra | October 13, 2004

Tickets go on sale Friday for Howie Day and Nickel Creek, set to play at 7 p.m. on Oct. 29 in the Holmes Student Center’s Duke Ellington Ballroom. The Campus Activities Board is funding the show, which will open with special guest David Bekley. Tickets...

What celebrity should turn political?

By Derek Wright and Jessica King | October 13, 2004

With the presidential election less than a month away, Weekender wanted to find out which celebrities you would like to see not endorse candidates, but take up a campaign of their own. , Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic with aspirations of joining...

Get Pimpin’with The Pimps

By Matt Knutson | October 13, 2004

The Pimps will hit downtown DeKalb Friday night. We’re not talking about canes, chalices and velvet suits, but more like guitars, amps, drum sets and a band named The Pimps. The Rockford-based quintet will play a show tomorrow night at Otto’s Niteclub,...

Film fest of another kind

By Jessica Coello | October 13, 2004

CRU is accepting submissions until Friday, Oct. 22, for Christian-oriented, student-made films. Students who create and submit a film will compete for prizes. Films will be judged on creativity, theme and presentation. Ten categorical prizes of $20 each...

The Art of Nude Modeling

By Jessica Coello | October 13, 2004

While the term “nude model” may conjure images of Will Ferrell hilariously posing in the buff for an unsuspecting art class on “Saturday Night Live”, the world of nude modeling at NIU is much, much different. According to Maria Winclawski, the...

Good Charlotte: The Chronicles of Life and Death

By Lindsey Rosati | October 13, 2004

Benji asks, “Is anybody listening?” Sorry Benji, but I hope not! Good Charlotte’s third album, “The Chronicles of Life and Death,” is an attempt that comes up short. To make matters worse, the band decided to put out two exactly alike and terribly...

Usher: Confessions Part 2 (remix)

By Lady C | October 13, 2004

Usher returned earlier this year to again top the charts after three years. The talented and sexy Usher Raymond is multiplying his dollars with the special edition release of his already platinum album “Confessions.” This special album has the same...

Exploring the final frontier

By Rachel Gorr | October 13, 2004

It is your hope of hopes, your dream of dreams. It is that 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,...

Play me some Good Ol’ Jazz

By Erin Weinke | October 13, 2004

Mitchell Gaddis’ passion is jazz, “hands down.” He began playing trumpet his junior year of high school and hasn’t stopped since. He started a jazz program at NIU that informs students about the history of jazz and how it relates to American history....