Going out to the bar for a few hours usually is a relaxing and enjoyable experience - unless you're a bartender. Junior finance major Brent Warren has worked at Fatty's Pub and Grille, 1312 W. Lincoln Highway, for a year and a half. The difficulty for...

In 1997, the Chemical Brothers brought us "Block Rockin' Beats." The two words, digital and underground, would mean more than an '80s defunct rap group. With the Chemical Brothers' new album, "Come With Us," the question posed is, "where are we going...

Hollywood is obsessed. It is obsessed with the "boy meets girl; gets girl after some elaborate ploy; falls in love just in time for his secrets to be revealed; then goes to great lengths to get her back" storyline. The newly released "Slackers" is no...

1. Sara Ritzel, freshman sociology and biology major: "As long as people don't take it to the extreme ... If they know not to get totally into it and understand that it's just a game, I look at it as something that can relieve stress." 2. Jennifer Lee,...

The scene comes about halfway through the movie, at the point where we're not really sure whether Phil (Bill Murray) should get the girl or not. He wines and dines Rita (Andie MacDowell), listening for all the right clues to make all the right moves....

"The Mothman Prophecies," much like "The Blair Witch Project," hopes to fill theater seats by marketing the movie as being based on real-life events. It's the story of an apparent moth-like figure: It's not quite moth, not quite man and supposedly can...

An elder has come to DeKalb to manipulate politicians to suit his own means. To prevent his menacing takeover, do you involve yourself in area politics, use your special ability to communicate with animals for information or contact your sources in the...

It takes a total of five minutes before the first laugh-out-loud moment in "Kung Pow! Enter the Fist" flashes onto the screen. At that rate one can expect roughly 16 laugh-out-loud moments in the entire movie. But 77 minutes after that first big laugh,...

McCabe's co-owner Robert Goering would like to see downtown DeKalb return to its old glory. The 100-year-old building at 323 E. Lincoln Highway is receiving a makeover, inside and out, which is planned to be revealed to the partying public within three...

Hostess pies, Mr. T, stupid comics and Mega Man. What do these things have in common? Nothing. That is, until a young man known only as Seanbaby decided to share his thoughts with the world via the Internet on his aptly named Web site, www.seanbaby.com....

The face of old downtown DeKalb lies just under the surface of some buildings, and not so far beneath on others. Robert Goering, co-owner of Andy's Lounge, 317 E. Lincoln Highway, said he still sees the ghosts of a once-lively downtown when he gazes down...

In method acting, an actor draws from the trials and tribulations of real life to mold believable characters and situations. In television movies, producers sift through the trials and tribulations of real life for the juicy undercurrents sure to draw...