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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

The Student Association Supreme Court announced Monday the reinstatement of one of the SA's advisers, and deemed the limiting of his term unconstitutional. SA Community Affairs Adviser Brian Subatich was reinstated Monday after a 2-1 decision of the court....

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...

An exiled Russian preacher who spent eight years in Soviet prison and labor camps will speak on being a Christian in an aetheist nation. Georgi Vins, one of five Soviet prisoners exiled to the United States in exchange for two Soviet spies in 1979, will...

Hunan House, 1221 W. Lincoln Hwy., offers the DeKalb area a spectacular taste of the Orient night nearby, or if you wish, without even leaving home. Hunan House offers a wide variety of dishes in Mandarin, Cantonese or Szechwan (spicy) style. By choosing...