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Police respond to brawl

By Joseph Martillaro | August 26, 2002

DeKalb Police and University Police responded to a 911 call reporting an early morning fight involving 10 people inside Around The Clock, 1039 W. Hillcrest Drive, on Aug. 17. After arriving at the scene, officers arrested Josh Anderson, 21, of Rochelle;...

Bash welcomes new Huskies

By Nick Swedberg | August 26, 2002

NIU students new and old were greeted with a bash on their first day back at campus. The fifth-annual Huskie Bash kicked off the academic year Thursday. While traditionally held at Huskie Stadium, this year’s bash was held at the new $35.8 million Convocation...

Cool down with som hot flicks

By Janna Smallwood | May 2, 2002

On those hot, sticky summer days, sometimes there's nothing better than chillin' in an air-conditioned theater. Here's a brief list of some of this summer's offerings. For a more complete list, click here. "Spider-Man" - Opens Friday. The classic superhero...

Steel band brings the islands to DeKalb

By Nichole Hetrick | May 2, 2002

Concert goers left the cold, wet and windy weather of DeKalb Sunday for the warm Caribbean breezes found at the Music Building's Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. NIU's Steel Band performed its annual concert for a packed crowd. Many of the selections played...

Preview: ‘Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones’

Skyrocketing budgets? Computer-animated mutants? A Jedi craves not these things. But George Lucas does. Managing once again to raise the bar for ridiculous production costs with the May 16 release of "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones," the...

Mad Lib legend

By Gary Schaefer | May 2, 2002

Forget about grade-school English classes or Hooked on Phonics. There was no better way to learn about adjectives, nouns and verbs than by doing Mad Libs. Since this is the final Weekender section of the semester, the M.O.O.S.E. decided to give you the...

Goodbye gives NIU the blues

By Marcus Leshock and Jeff Goluszka | May 2, 2002

Come next fall, one local band and NIU's communication department both will be missing one well-known member. Communication instructor Will Anderson will leave NIU after this summer to become a professor at Central Michigan University. He's been teaching...

A.W.K. says the music loves you

By Janna Smallwood | May 2, 2002

When you work, you don't feel all right. No, you won't feel all right 'til you get a party goin'. I say we all start the summer in the spirit of Andrew W.K. - the spirit of dumb rock and greaseball party anthems. This guy, who I'm sure we'll all be thoroughly...

Turd tears Up Starbusters

By Nichole Hetrick | May 2, 2002

"Drink, drink, drink, dammit, drink!" said Turd, sideman from Q101's Mancow's Morning Madhouse show, to a small but rowdy crowd Saturday night at Starbusters Bar & Grill, 930 Pappas Drive. Turd was in the house along with alternative cover band Jostelyn...

Shh…just try and listen to reason

By Hank Brockett | May 2, 2002

There are a select number of movies that we allow to seep into our bones, way down into our essence and, yes, into that patchwork of references we call a pop culture soul. These movies are held in almost unhealthy regard, with a kind of devotion seldom...

Summer DVD Preview

May 2, 2002

Tuesday "The Last Waltz" (1976) "Macbeth" (1971) "Ocean's Eleven" (2001) "Supergirl (Director's Cut)" (1984) "Waking Life" (2001) May 14 "Corky Romano" (2001) "From Hell: Special Edition" (2001) "The Others" (2001) "Requiem for a Heavyweight" (1962) "Snow...

Opening Friday

May 2, 2002

"Big Trouble" (Touchstone) - Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry's best-selling novel, this comedy tells the story of a mysterious suitcase and how it brings together a divorced dad, an unhappy housewife, two hitmen, a pair of street thugs, two love-struck teens, two FBI men and a psychedelic toad. Starring Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Omar Epps, Dennis Farina and Janeane Garofalo. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. Rated PG-13 for language, crude humor and sex-related material.

"High Crimes" (Twentieth Century Fox) - In this thriller/drama, a happily married, successful female lawyer (Ashley Judd) is shocked to learn that her husband has a hidden past as a classified military operative and is accused of committing a heinous war crime. She must wrestle with her own doubts about his guilt as she defends him, with the help of a private investigator, in a top-secret military court where none of the rules she knows so well apply. Starring Judd, Morgan Freeman, Amanda Peet, Adam Scott and James Caviezel. Directed by Carl Franklin. Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual content and language.

"National Lampoon's Van Wilder" (Artisan) - In this comedy, Van Wilder (Ryan Reynolds) might be starting his seventh year at Coolidge College, but graduation is the furthest thing from his mind. Armed with a personal assistant and a coterie of admirers, Van has reached the status of living legend on campus, throwing bashes that make geeks popular, raising money for charity and generally "inspiring the uninspired." But when Van's father refuses to pay any more of his son's tuition bills, Van must turn to party planning for profit in order to continue living in undergraduate bliss, thereby becoming the subject of an exposé by disapproving school journalist Gwen Pearson (Tara Reid). What begins as a clash of wills, however, soon leads to unexpected romance as Van and Gwen both realize they have a lot to learn from each other. Starring Reynolds, Reid, Tim Matheson, Tom Everett Scott and Alex Burns. Directed by Walt Becker. Rated R for strong sexual content, gross humor, language and some drug content.