One student interned in the Philippines, working in international banking, living in the home of a mafia kingpin and unknowingly eating dog for the first time. Another student spent the summer in Turkey, applying classroom knowledge in his marketing job,...

In the latest issue of ROLLING STONE, the writers went poll happy. Remember the top 100 albums of the last twenty years? Well, this issue contains yet another useless poll, the top 100 albums of the 80's. Someone at ROLLING STONE seems to be Prince happy;...

What's in a name? Flipping through the birth announcements in my hometown paper (yes, I read obituaries too), I noticed an alarming rash of Caitlins, Ashleys, Brittanys, Tylers and Ryans. Ah yes, the 80's names. The Baby Boomers are reproducing and many...

Unsigned bands from around the country will have a chance to have their demo tapes heard by top performers during the annual "Best Unsigned Band" contest sponsored by MUSICIAN Magazine. MUSICIAN, along with Warner Bros. Records, is inviting artists and...

It's been a bad week: three exams, two papers, you got dumped, the rent is due and you caught a cold. You're convinced you'll never laugh again. Take heart and head to the Paradise Club, 1212 W. Lincoln Highway, for a night full of chuckles, giggles and...

Oscar P. Grant, a playwright who has worked in New York and Chicago theaters, will direct his play, "The Lord's Will" at NIU starting Friday. Grant is commuting from Chicago on the weekends for the rehearsals and the performances. He has directed, acted,...

While the annual un-official Halloween Parade of Youth stumbled its way down the sidewalks of this quiet East-Side neighborhood of DeKalb, Tuesday night brought the return of one of the most creativity-influenced jazz bands to the area for the second...

I purchased my ticket for the movie "Shocker" with a heavy sense of dread. I wasn't in the mood for another mindless horror flick loaded with guts and gore. After the film had ended I sat and comtemplated what I had just viewed on the screen and guess...

Even though Roddy McDowall has acted in more than one hundred feature films and made more than two hundred television appearances, he also has worked as a professional photographer for the last thirty years. In 1968 he published "Double Exposure," a gallery...

Timbuk 3, the Austin, Texas-based rock duo, has recently taken some quality steps in becoming one of the most socially-minded and musically-competent bands today. Following an impressive 4th of July performance this past summer before throngs of people...

The Faculty Assembly approved Wednesday to add a Student Association member as a non-voting student liaison. SA President Huda Scheidelman will appoint an SA member who will be subject to the approval of the SA Senate. William Monat, chairman of the assembly's...

Recently The Northern Star has come under some pretty vicious attacks. My favorite unfounded attack is that we, who work here, lie about the things in the articles. Oh, rats. You guys found us out. You are so clever. It's true, you know. It's all a complete...