Shopping has always been a sore spot for me. Being a college student, I am frequently without funding to purchase anything other than the bare essentials: toilet paper, pants and Jager Bombs. Plus, I can never prioritize when making decisions, which leads...

What do you say to a man who risked his life to shelter people from a genocide that killed more than 800,000 of his fellow Rwandans? That is the question when one is face-to-face with Paul Rusesabagina, a former Rwandan hotel manager (played by Don Cheadle)...

Sweeps wouldn’t be Sweeps without a high-profile guest star every once in a while. Sweeps correspondent Laurel Marselle caught up with one of the stars of ABC’s red-hot “Desperate Housewives” at the 71st Annual State Street Thanksgiving Parade....

With nothing to do on a snowy afternoon besides go home and sleep, students can head over to the Jack Olson Gallery in NIU’s Art Building to check out student artwork from this semester’s graduating class. Ann O’Brien, acting gallery coordinator,...

Welcome to the last installment of Playback for 2004. This week’s edition comes from senior biology major Joanna Kula. Kula will be graduating at the semester’s end and is afraid of going into the real world, but can’t wait to go back home to Chicago....

From MTV to NIU, Cribs is in the house ... well, apartment. Throughout the semester, Sweeps will delve into the dopest domiciles that NIU students inhabit. This week, we visit the eclectic pad of four upperclassmen. This typical Regent Drive apartment...

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...

From MTV to NIU, Cribs is in the house ... well, apartment. Throughout the semester, Sweeps will delve into the dopest domiciles that NIU students inhabit. This week, we visit the the spicy pad of Nirag, Kaushal and Viju Patel. The apartment itself might...

“You can get the funk out of my class, if you guys are going to keep talking.” Replace funk with another word starting with an “f” and you can imagine senior business administration major Cynthia Gaspard’s surprise when her professor dropped...

The messages appeared on the seemingly normal marquee without warning or explanation. Side one ominously cautioned,”ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US.” Side two confidently boasted,”SOMEBODY SET UP US THE BOMB.” It’s as if the Papa John’s Pizza...

Flash back to 1988 for a second and turn on your classic Nintendo Entertainment System. Now take those repetitive high pitched frequencies set against The Legend of Zelda and add lyrics to the mix. How does that sound? Not too hot, right? Mates of State...