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This I Believe Open Mic

November 12, 2012

Have a belief and want to be heard? Here is your opportunity! Write your own “This I Believe” essay and read it at an Open Mic on Wednesday, November 28 at Noon in the HSC, Carl Sandburg Auditorium! The guidelines for the essays can be found at www.orientation.niu.edu...

Parks and Recreation teaches viewers about love

By Kevin Bartelt | November 11, 2012

Season five of Parks and Recreation just keeps getting better and better. For those who are not caught up, SPOILER ALERT: Ben (Adam Scott) proposes to Leslie (Amy Poehler). With no fear of losing my man card, I can confidently say that Ben and Leslie...

Songs to cheer you up in gloomy weather

By Sarah Contreras | November 7, 2012

This weird transitional weather has me down. It’s gray, it’s drizzly and it gets dark at 5 p.m. I’m a big fan of breaking out my scarves and hats, but I need a little sun to counter the frost. We’ve been handed some considerably dark and dreary...

Election Night

November 7, 2012

It was too big to fit in letter to the editor, and cut off most of the paper. Sorry about submitting it through this. I am a senor at NIU , I am 21 years old and I felt like this needed to be heard. I write this as the elections have come to a close;...

Voting a privilege to all in U.S.

By Katie Finlon | November 6, 2012

Today, I’m gonna go political on your butt. I’m sure Facebook is reminding you well enough that today’s Election Day—the day in which the fate of our country as we know it will be decided by the American people and the Electoral College. No pressure...

‘Happy Endings’ will fill your ’30 Rock’ void

By Kevin Bartelt | November 4, 2012

Are you sad that 30 Rock is ending and want to fill the comedic void in your heart? Happy Endings just started its third season and the show is definitely getting funnier. The first season was...OK. It was an average comedy at best. However, season two...

So what is Nudism?

October 31, 2012

If we look into the dictionary, we find out that nudism is: "a movement of nudity promotion and its practicing". The word has its origin in the Latin "nudo", that means "naked". But evermore there is in this connection a more modern term used, and that...

Graduate student Christie Maturo practices her role as Estragon in a dressed rehearsal of the production Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. The play will run in the Corner Theatre Wednesday through Friday at 7:30pm with two performances on Saturday one at 2:00pm, and a second at 7:30pm. The final performance will be held on Sunday at 2:00pm.

Waiting for Godot

By James McCarter | October 31, 2012

Graduate student Christie Maturo practices her role as Estragon in a dressed rehearsal of the production Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. The play will run in the Corner Theatre Wednesday through Friday at 7:30pm with two performances on Saturday...

Taylor Swift speaks directly to souls

By Sarah Contreras | October 31, 2012

Vive La Taylor! Yesterday I was cleaning my room, speakers a-blasting, loudly singing “WE ARE NEVER EVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER!” when I heard a noise coming from the other room. “No. No. NO! Are you listening to Taylor Swift?” My roommate...

Fareed Haque’s Mathgames Performs Live with guests..

October 31, 2012

Friday November 9th, 2012 - 7pm - The House Cafe 263 east lincoln highway Dekalb 60115 Performers include: MathGames www.mathgamesmusic.com/ The Great Influence Machine www.TheGreatInfluenceMachine.com Bonzo Terks www.bonzoterks.bandcamp.com Bowling Night...

President of the Student Association Delonte LeFlore speaks to students and members of SA about having a strong strategic plan for Student Association. He also states that he wants Northern Illinois University to be a more student centered campus, and that there was a 30% increase in the turnout of the organizational expo.

State of the Students Address

By Meghan Connell | October 30, 2012

President of the Student Association Delonte LeFlore speaks to students and members of SA about having a strong strategic plan for Student Association. He also states that he wants Northern Illinois University to be a more student centered campus, and...

Why all the cats?

By Katie Finlon | October 30, 2012

Cats. Cats everywhere. I have no idea why the internet is so infested with cats—cat videos, LOLcats, pictures of cats with party hats...You name it, the internet has it. And I don’t know if it’s just me, but I don’t remember people having cat...