On the evening of Dec. 14 DeKalb will host the Messiah. Handel's Messiah that is. The event, which will be peformed at the Egyptian Theatre, is marking its 11th anniversary as part of DeKalb County's holiday celebration. The show is being performed by...

The Outfield hs been one of the most consistent bands of the last five years. Each album this group has released has been full of guitar pop branded with the distinctive Outfield sound: jangly guitar melodies, flying harmonies, all bubbling over a groove...

A toy will buy a ticket for a music show at the Illinois Army National Guard building in Sycamore. "I encourage people to come out with toys and support a good cause," said Gary Mullis, University Plaza cafeteria worker and organizer and founder of the...

The Northern Star requested a student fee increase Wednesday at the first meeting of President John La Tourette's Fee Study Committee. Star Faculty Adviser Jerry Thompson said the increase, from eight to twelve cents per hour, is needed to update equipment...

There is no question that Naked Raygun's new release "Raygun...Naked Raygun" is the band's weakest record to date. The songs are generally weak, the production is to be laughed at and the musical performances are uninspiring and timid. Usually You see,...

It all started as a nightmare. The writer dreamt he was in a New York subway station in the middle of the night. He walked up the stairs to the exit and fond the door locked. He ran back down and found the exit also chained. Then Bruce Joel Rubin woke...

I was watching MTV, dreaming of a white Christmas and of finding Martha Quinn in my stocking when I heard a loud noise outside. I figured it might be a cougar or something, so I grabbed my Daisy Air Rifle and went out, only to find the Sultan of Seasons...

Guest Column The recent Bob Dylan concert raised many questions about the concert market at NIU. This is a good opportunity to explain the difficulty of obtaining major concerts. The DeKalb market has several problems limiting artists who consider performing...

Thanks to some generous people, 80 children who live in the DeKalb area who might not have had a merry Christmas will. The DeKalb Salvation Army provided Douglas and Lincoln Halls and Grant Towers complex each with 20 names of children whose parents requested...

The boundaries of music genres were tested in a long overdue way in 1990. Bands no longer felt compelled to stick to radio's generic labels and mixed and molded new forms of music built around a common strand. The result was some of the most adventurous...

Has Madonna gone too far? What is it about her "Justify My Love" video that's got MTV so cautious? Sure, it has insinuations of group sex, bisexuality and nudity, but that's just clean fun to Madonna—a tactic to sell records. So Madonna appeared on...

Sigma Lambda Beta fraternity made a step toward becoming a full-fledged member of NIU's greek life Tuesday night. The Interfraternity Council, which governs NIU's fraternities, voted to accept Sigma Lambda Beta as a colony member of IFC, said IFC Vice...