When NIU Forensics found out the Illinois Congressional Debate Association didn’t have a place to hold its state championship forensics tournament this weekend, the group seized the opportunity to host the event for high school students. Nicole Carreno,...

NIU’s chapter of the American Choral Directors Association will sponsor a student production of "Li’l Abner" this weekend at Kishwaukee College. Jon Dolieslager, a vocal music education major and director of the play, said the production of "Li’l...

For the uninitiated: Tortoise is a group of five Chicagoans that plays music that is a mixture of jazz, lounge, math rock and genres so obscure that I don't even know the names of them. They are in large part instrumental, bringing in vocals for the first...

It's 2004. Do you know where your Pantera is? Tuesday night, 25 percent of the iconic metal act was at Otto's Niteclub, 118 E. Lincoln Highway. Vocalist Phil Anselmo and his latest project, Superjoint Ritual, marched into DeKalb on 4/20, the most name-appropriate...

NIU speakers were awarded for their achievements at the annual American Forensics Association’s National Individual Events Tournament. The competition, which placed two NIU speakers in the top 13 of the nation and one as an All-American, was held at...

Phantom Planet came to DeKalb, and between bowling a few games in the Huskie Den, guitarist Darren Robinson talked with the Weekender — this is what he said. -Weekender: So, have you blogged anything yet today? Robinson: No, it's hard to get online...

Benny Gomes scribbles notes during a rendition of "Steam Heat" in the dust-filled O'Connell Theatre. Once the dancers come to a halt and the house lights come up, Gomes leans over my shoulder. -"You'll need at least three more cues there," he says. As...

"Kill Bill Vol. II" is an exercise in setup, while "Kill Bill Vol. I" was an exercise in payoff. After 90 minutes of such payoff with no setup, the audience is left exhausted. After two hours and 20 minutes of the backstory, we finally leave satisfied....

Bubba the Amazing Alligator, who measures in at 7-foot-2 and weighs 226 pounds, has been spending his time in the limelight. He has been seen with Oprah, he has been on the "Today Show" and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," he has received a kiss from...

Hello, class. Welcome to action filmmaking 101. Today, we'll learn how to spend a few million bucks with little to show except two hours of head punches, bloody stabbings and car-flipping explosions. Now, for the sake of teaching stereotypical, clichéd...

Rock 4 Life, Public Relations Student Society of America's annual charity concert to benefit the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois, will hit Otto's Niteclub, 118 E. Lincoln Highway. Doors will open at 8 p.m. today, and bands will begin an hour later....

Why Britney? Why? We had a good thing going. Every four months you release a video that makes acting like a slut a female empowerment issue and I don't stalk you relentlessly. "Everytime," or as I like to call it "Every time I think about you, I kill...