If you're looking for a new spin on the good cop bad cop action movie, you'll find it. But if you're looking for a good Vin Diesel movie, you won't. "A Man Apart" is what the title suggests. A man, Sean Vetter (Diesel), is torn apart by the death of his...

Ahh, crap. The second I wrote this, my good weather turns to slop. Oh well, I hope that by listening to these discs, the warm weather of yesterday will become the warm weather of today. Listed below are M.O.O.S.E.'s Top 10 warm-weather discs to bump to...

For those fascinated with Irish culture, Friday may be the next best day to St. Patty's Day. Irish documentary filmmaker Desmond Bell will screen his newest film, "The Last Storyteller?," at noon Friday at DuSable Hall, Room 270. Bell is a world-renowned...

Despite the apparent indecision in the weather, Yo La Tengo has decided that it is summer. Drawing on bands like salsa great Astrud Gilberto, Nick Drake and a hint of legendary shoe-gazers My Bloody Valentine, Yo La Tengo has created a classic vision...

Bobby Birdman is creating some of the most innovative music that has passed beneath the mainstream radar lately, blending quiet electronics with guitar and voice. The Weekender had a chance to ask Rob Kieswetter, the mastermind behind Bobby Birdman, a...

Does the fury of more than 250 roaring waterfalls sound intriguing? If so, the Outing Centre, part of the office of Campus Recreation, has several summer trips lined up for you. This summer, the Outing Centre will chaperone several camping trips across...

The NIU School of Music will present a special performance by the Vermeer Quartet and Friends on Tuesday. The concert will benefit the NIU School of Music and features the Arianna Quartet, Fareed Haque, William Koehler and Harold Kafer, as well as the...

Six students showed up to voice concerns at the Mass Transit Forum held Wednesday at Stevenson North's Multi-Purpose room. Andrew Nelms, Student Association senator and co-chair of the Mass Transit Board, was disappointed at the low turnout. "The lack...

If Huskie tailback Michael Turner bounces off a tackler and takes it to the house against Maryland in this season's opening game, no one will be more happy than Mike Korcek. This is because his job has just been made a whole lot easier after another awe-inducing...

Wake up. It's 7:30 a.m., and NIU assistant softball coach Kevin Welch is heading the early-morning batting practice for the Huskies. Like clockwork, Welch is up at the crack of dawn working out the players. "In order to be the best, you have to put in...

Chicago's own Kill Hannah, which has a unique electronica sound, will play with a special guest at 7 p.m. Friday at the Holmes Student Center's Regency Room. Student ticket prices are $6, general public tickets are $8. Recently the Weekender sat down...