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Thieves target unlocked lockers

By Rachel Helfrich | January 30, 2003

A handful of students learned a hard lesson at the Student Recreation Center, and it had nothing to do with a workout. Nine thefts from unlocked lockers have been reported to University Police this week. Lt. Matt Kiederlen wants to get the word out, so...

What’s in your wallet?

By Kristin Caveretta | January 30, 2003

With the March 1 priority date fast approaching, students need to start the process now. According to the Financial Aid Office, more than 13,000 awards are given out each year, totaling more than $70 million. Students who file before that date will be...

Exhibit collects interests

By Kim Krichbaum | January 30, 2003

The Northern Art Museum is back with a new and interesting gallery showing off collections. The students of Art 465, an introduction to museum studies, have coordinated two different exhibits opening this month. The University Collects is at the Northern...

Welnick to the rescue

By Marcus Leshock | January 30, 2003

For five years, Vince Welnick toured the country with one of the most important/influential groups in music history, the Grateful Dead. Welnick will play keyboards for Jack Straw next Thursday night at Otto's Niteclub, 118 E. Lincoln Highway. Welnick...

‘Dazed and confused’

By Kim Krichbaum | January 30, 2003

"Dazed and Confused" is a journey back into high school and partying in the '70s. The movie takes place during the last day of school at a Texas high school and the parties that happen that night. The appeal of the movie is that people can relate to the...

Big-time problems for BTE, SA

By Barbara Bystryk, Mark Bieganski, and Nick Swedberg | January 30, 2003

Student Association senators R.J. Gravel and Jeff Meyer are expected to file a formal complaint today that may jeopardize the future of the Big Time Entertainment committee. The SA Judicial Branch will receive the complaint, which targets meetings that...

The times are a’ changin’

By Casey Toner | January 30, 2003

Corey Feldman is getting married again. This time, it's on a reality show, "The Surreal Life," featuring Webster and Motley Crue's lead singer. Ugh. Things weren't always this way. Just for a brief moment, let's travel back to the year 1993 when the economy...

Shufflin’ Chicago’s pride

By Casey Toner | January 30, 2003

In 1985, the world met the Shufflin' Crew, and they shuffled it on down, bringing it to you.

The Super Bowl Shuffle was a rather remarkable song. Remarkable because "The Super Bowl Shuffle" was so bad, and remarkable because "The Super Bowl Shuffle" was a smash hit.

-Athletes are athletes for a reason. If they could sing, they would be singers. Some athletes, like Shaq and Deion Sanders, fail to understand this ultimately simple concept. That's why Shaq's music career is more of a joke than his free-throw percentage. But oh ho ho, the '85 Chicago Bears were iconoclastic. Da Bears defied the norm, mixing the words athlete and musician like oil and vinegar, singing (and that's a questionable verb) the smash-hit "The Super Bowl Shuffle."

Not that the Bears were being greedy or anything. They were just singing to feed the needy.

Several famous Chicago Bear personalities were part of this triumph, including Jim "The Punky QB" McMahon, and Walter "I'm the baddest running back in the history of the NFL, in fact, my stiff arm can knock your teeth into the back of your mouth" Payton. Let's take a brief look at these almost-cartoon-like personalities.

Walter Payton, bless his soul, out-worked his way to the Hall of Fame. And for a while, Payton was single-handedly the Bears' offense. When Payton first arrived in Chicago, his offensive line was as scary as a pack of sedated newborns. Payton's phony saxophone in "The Super Bowl Shuffle" was also very scary. Like Al Gore's make-out session with his wife at the Democratic convention a few years back, everyone knew that Payton's saxophone was a fake. Hell, Payton could have played a wonderful back-up to Milli Vanilli.

-The Punky QB probably is my favorite quarterback in the history of quarterbacks. So what if he doomed the franchise to a perpetual three wins and 10,000 losses grave by denouncing Doug Flutie, a future Pro Bowl quarterback and known game winner. In retrospect, the smart-ass turned Pro Bowler made that Cade "Hollywood" McNown look like the California trash he was. Oh yeah, McMahon also rapped about "throwing the field" during "The Super Bowl Shuffle."

Flashback to grade school, circa 1990. The administrative board decided on throwing an anti-drug rally in the gym of our school. As part of the grand finale, the teachers showed us a video of "The Super Bowl Shuffle." What "The Super Bowl Shuffle" had to do with fighting crack in the mean streets of Flossmoor, Ill., was beyond me.

Nevertheless, "The Super Bowl Shuffle" was fun. Personalities like "The Fridge" and "The Punky QB" were fun. And songs like "The Super Bowl Shuffle" were ... bad.

‘Blossom’: hats: Who knew?

By Jessica King | January 30, 2003

Ah, 1993. What was slammin' that year? It wasn't hard to dress and act like you were all that. Seriously, 1993 was all about sleek styles and fun. Wide horizontal stripes and spandex were in, and TV shows such as "Beavis and Butthead," "Blossom," "Saved...

Experience learning on a different wavelength

By Willie Mickell | January 30, 2003

Studying abroad allows students to educate themselves, and it prepares them to educate others in the future. Anne Seitzinger, assistant director of the Study Abroad Office, said early planning is the key to success when considering to study abroad. NIU...

‘In Utero’

By Jessica King | January 30, 2003

One just cannot escape Nirvana these days. Lead singer and main songwriter Kurt Cobain's journals recently have been published, a Nirvana compilation CD is in stores, Dave Grohl, the band's drummer, now is fronting the successful Foo Fighters and Courtney...

American Chemical Society offers scholarships

By Amy Koscielski | January 30, 2003

The American Chemical Society wants under-represented chemistry majors to apply for scholarships. "The society is the single largest scientific organization in the nation, being 126 years old with 164,000 members," said Robert Hughes, manager of the scholarship...

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