They teach by day and rock by night. O’Leary’s Restaurant and Pub, 260 E. Lincoln Highway, is the repeated venue for the rock cover band Buffalo Jump. At first glance it would seem to be just another band paying tribute to some of classic rock favorites,...
Between the third and the fourth quarters of every football game, the team, support staff, band members and fans put up five fingers in memorial for the Feb. 14, 2008, victims. The tradition, known by the team as “Five in the Sky,” was started by...
Some say “old” music is becoming a lost art. These music types include classical, folk and Celtic. Of course, for music sensation Gaelic Storm, Celtic music is a way of life. Gaelic Storm, a Celtic-based music group that has been around since the...
Whether you’re single or in a committed relationship, Valentine’s Day is always good for one thing: sweets. It’s hard to resist the candy and baking aisles at the grocery store around this time of year. Why not impress your friends and/or significant...
The 85th Academy Awards will take place on Feb. 24. As per usual, a slew of films have earned nominations - who has time to watch every one? In part four of this series, columnist Sarah Contreras will wade through the river of films and tell you what...
Love is in the air. Feb. 14, St. Valentine’s Day, is a day filled with flowers, candy and heart-shaped balloons. Whether or not you have someone to call “sweetheart,” Feb. 14 is still a great day to celebrate love. Love has many forms--we love our...
The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. At 3 p.m., a complainant called to report the individual staying...
View Campus Blotter 2/12 in a larger map The following was taken directly from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety....
To be or not to be a five-hour long play? That is the question “Hamlet” asks. This week, the School of Theatre and Dance answers that question with a production of “Hamlet Redux” --a two-hour staging of William Shakespeare’s classic tale of...
We’ve always known that Big Brother was watching, but now they’re sending reinforcements. Surveillance may soon be taking a much creepier turn as the use of drones will become more commonplace. According to the BBC, drones are unmanned aerial vehicles...
The NIU Formula SAE team designs, builds and will enter a concept race car in competition this May. Every year, the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) hosts a number of international collegiate design contests. The idea behind the contest is that a...
Heartthrob Justin Bieber hosted “Saturday Night Live.” The show was hot and cold. The beginning monologue was great. After the monologue, things did not get much better. Obviously, many of the hosts of SNL aren’t actors and Bieber easily joined...
