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Jacob Baker

Jacob Baker, Former Lifestyle Editor

All content by Jacob Baker
Headshot of lifestyle editor, Jacob Baker.

Lifestyle editor’s goodbye

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
December 1, 2021
"Foreverglade" album art by artist Brad Moore.

Album review: ‘Foreverglade’

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
November 20, 2021
Hollywood - California, Gulf Coast States, Movie Theater, Theatrical Performance, Stage Theater

Film review: ‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
October 14, 2021
"Berserk" deluxe volume 2.

A love letter to ‘Berserk’

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
October 2, 2021
Mission, NIU's live mascot, will retire Saturday during the football game against Wyoming. Mission's replacement "Mini Mish" will assume the mascots duties following Mission's retirement.

NIU Mission set to retire Saturday

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
September 10, 2021
"Donda" experience live in Chicago at Soldier Field.

‘Donda’ experience in Chicago pushes musical boundaries

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
September 1, 2021
Hi Infidelity

Musical acts return to DeKalb’s Corn Fest

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
August 25, 2021
There are many food and drink options NIU students to choose from at New Hall Dining and other location across campus.

Campus dining halls provide meal plans, variety of choices

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
August 23, 2021
The Newman Catholic Student Center is located next to the NIU Campus Life Building. The center is one of 15 recognized religious organizations on campus.

Religious groups offer students new opportunities

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
August 23, 2021
Film review: 'The Green Knight'

Film review: ‘The Green Knight’

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
August 5, 2021
AMC movie theater

Film review: ‘Army of the Dead’

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
May 19, 2021
Reality Bytes poster created by Patrick Murphy

Five best submissions of Reality Bytes night two

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
May 3, 2021
Reality Bytes poster created by Patrick Murphy

Five best submissions of Reality Bytes night one

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
April 26, 2021
Armand Hammer

Album review: ‘Haram’

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
April 7, 2021
AMC movie theater

Film review: ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
April 2, 2021
Active Mind's fundraiser event poster

Active Minds to host virtual bingo night fundraiser

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
March 31, 2021
The Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second Street

Egyptian Theatre to screen ‘Gone with the Wind’ on 35MM

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
March 25, 2021
Film review: 'Zack Snyder's Justice League'

Film review: ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
March 23, 2021

Album review: ‘folklore’

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
March 17, 2021
The barn of the Glidden Homestead & Historical Center stands empty after renovations came to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

How invention of barbed wire in DeKalb established NIU

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
March 3, 2021
Getty Images

Album revisit: ‘Monk’s Dream’

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
February 11, 2021
The display wall of the Hateful Things Exhibit showcases a sign saying "white only" and "colored" along with information about the exhibit. The exhibit is located at the Pick Museum in Cole Hall.

‘Hateful Things’ exhibit provides eye-opening experience

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
February 6, 2021
Alumna Vicki Quade tells quirky stories in 'Close Encounters of a Chicago Kind'

Alumna Vicki Quade tells quirky stories in ‘Close Encounters of a Chicago Kind’

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
February 5, 2021

Predicting the events of ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
January 30, 2021
Somersault is one of the newest bunnies at Tails.

Tails Humane Society receives large intake of bunnies

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
January 27, 2021
Courtesy of Frozen Soul

Music is off to a hot start in 2021

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
January 20, 2021

Album review: “Whole Lotta Red”

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
January 2, 2021

Best films of 2020

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
December 23, 2020
Cover art for Visionary J's new single, "First Friend"

Visionary J to drop new single “First Friend”

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
December 16, 2020
Getty Images

Film review: “Sound of Metal”

By Jacob Baker, Lifestyle Editor
December 13, 2020
Managing Editor, Haley Galvin (Top Right), and friends gather for a virtual Friendsgiving

How to have a successful virtual Thanksgiving

By Jacob Baker, Columnist
November 24, 2020
Thanksgiving 2020, coronavirus days, Protective face mask and thanksgiving flatlay on wooden background. COVID 19 spread prevention measure

Several steps to make this year’s Thanksgiving celebration safer

By Jacob Baker, Reporter
November 23, 2020
Dusable, the building reserved for media studies.

Film review: Reality Bytes Film Festival part three

By Jacob Baker, Columnist
November 11, 2020
Neptune Hall North provides space for first responders during COVID-19 pandemic.

NIU Residence Hall Association to hold online fall retreat

By Jacob Baker, Reporter
November 11, 2020
DuSable Hall is a primary building where the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences holds its classes.

Film review: Reality Bytes Film Festival part two

By Jacob Baker, Columnist
November 6, 2020
Amato appears to win state's attorney as of election night

Amato appears to win state’s attorney as of election night

By Jacob Baker, Reporter
November 4, 2020
DuSable Building

Review: 20th annual independent student film festival Reality Bytes

By Jacob Baker, Columnist
October 30, 2020
Vector banner for festival horror movie. Illustration with old film projector and a severed hand in a puddle of blood. Scary cinema. Horror film night. Can be used for ad, flyer, web design, tickets.

Four horror classics to revisit this Halloween

By Jacob Baker, Columnist
October 26, 2020
The DeKalb Public Library is hosting a Microsoft Excel workshop at 7 p.m. on Oct. 24.

Test your ‘American Horror Story’ knowledge with the DeKalb Public Library

By Jacob Baker, Reporter
October 23, 2020
DeKalb County History Center

The Historic Tour of Homes fundraiser will be held virtually this year

By Jacob Baker, Reporter
October 23, 2020
The Duke Ellington Ballroom, located on the second floor of the Holmes Student Center. (Northern Star File Photo)

E.B.O.N.Y. Women and the Black Male Initiative to host ‘Battle of the Sexes’

By Jacob Baker, Reporter
October 14, 2020
Hollywood - California, Gulf Coast States, Movie Theater, Theatrical Performance, Stage Theater

Film review: ‘The Wolf of Snow Hollow’

By Jacob Baker, Columnist
October 13, 2020
Young woman in the cinema, watching a scary movie, hiding her look with a hand and holding a box with popcorn

Film review: ‘Possessor’

By Jacob Baker, Columnist
October 10, 2020
Art piece Michele Costa donated to Common Grounds.

Common Grounds breaks way in its mission to promote local artists of color

By Jacob Baker, Reporter
October 1, 2020
Black lives matters.

The Center for Black Studies and the College of Visual and Performing Arts to host ‘Art and Soul’

By Jacob Baker, Reporter
September 30, 2020
Swept Under the Rug exhibit.

Swept Under the Rug shows how imperative it is to spread awareness for sexual violence survivors

By Jacob Baker, Reporter
September 30, 2020
The main entrance of the Egyptian theater, pictured in fall 2020, located at 135 N. 2nd St in DeKalb.

Egyptian Theatre hosts weekly Facebook concert ‘815 Live’ to spotlight local artists

By Jacob Baker, Reporter
September 17, 2020
Pick Museum

Safe Passage to showcase sexual violence art exhibit

By Jacob Baker, Reporter
September 16, 2020
Jonamac Orchard will have Big D's food truck at 11 a.m. and live music from Tutti Loops from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday.

Jonamac Orchard commemorates NIU’s 125th anniversary with annual corn maze

By Jacob Baker, Reporter
September 13, 2020
This image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment shows Elizabeth Debicki, left, and John David Washington in a scene from "Tenet." (Melinda Sue Gordon/Warner Bros. Entertainment via AP)

‘Tenet’ is Christopher Nolan’s most complex film yet

By Jacob Baker, Coumnist
September 6, 2020
Visionary J performing at An Evening for Black Lives

Visionary J challenges norms with new album ‘Jalen’

By Jacob Baker, Reporter
September 3, 2020
Young adults voting

Voter registration set to take place at Center for Black Studies

By Jacob Baker, Reporter
September 1, 2020
Take up a long term video game in your free time this semester

Take up a long term video game in your free time this semester

By Jacob Baker, Columnist
August 7, 2020
Courtesy of Comic Club

Comic Club creates booklet for charity

By Jacob Baker, Reporter
July 29, 2020
Tyumen, Russia - January 21, 2020: TikTok and Facebook application on screen Apple iPhone XR

TikTok users create boundaries for music by deceased artists

By Jacob Baker, Columnist
July 24, 2020
Hopkins Park

The 7th annual Family Fun Fest will be a drive-thru

By Jacob Baker, Reporter
July 20, 2020
Courtesy of Midcoast

Finding comfort in the chords: Midcoast

By Jacob Baker, Reporter
July 6, 2020
Ulthar melds black and death metal in sophomore album

Ulthar melds black and death metal in sophomore album

By Jacob Baker, Columnist
June 27, 2020
Patrick Murphy

DeKalb Library compiles list of anti-racist resources

By Jacob Baker, Reporter
June 25, 2020
A scene from "Da 5 Bloods"

Spike Lee’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’ highlights similarities of Vietnam War and 2020 America

By Jacob Baker, Comlumnist
June 18, 2020
Farmer's Market during COVID-19 pandemic

DeKalb Farmer’s Market celebrates 25th anniversary

By Jacob Baker, Reporter
June 17, 2020
Black Lives Matter

Essential entertainment to watch during the BLM movement

By Jacob Baker, Columnist
June 12, 2020
Courtesy of Tails Humane Society

Feline pair in need of forever home

By Jacob Baker, Reporter
June 5, 2020
5e55783e073d9.hires

Ellington’s menu gets an update

By Jacob Baker, Reporter
February 25, 2020
Lia McHugh at the 2019 San Diego Comi Con International in San Diego. She plays Mia in "The Lodge."

‘The Lodge’ review: cabin fever horror at its best

By Jacob Baker, Columnist
March 8, 2020
Celtic rock band Gaelic Storm

Music events to attend in and around DeKalb

By Jacob Baker, Reporter
March 5, 2020
NIU student Blake Clakston lifts weights Monday at the Recreation Center weight training room.

Free Fitness Friday has ‘something for everybody’

By Jacob Baker, Contributor
March 3, 2020

Craft Beer Expo

By Jacob Baker
February 18, 2020

‘Birds of Prey’ proves to one of the best DC extended universe movies so far

By Jacob Baker
February 15, 2020
Four Poets, One Mic preview

Four Poets, One Mic preview

By Jacob Baker
February 11, 2020

French film festival comes to NIU

By Jacob Baker
February 11, 2020

First foreign film to win Best Picture makes Oscars history

By Jacob Baker
February 10, 2020
Meth, of Chicago, performs Feb. 1 at the Rockness Sound Studio.

Midwest bands bring unforgettable night to Rockford

By Jacob Baker
February 9, 2020

Bars and restaurants: weekend specials

By Jacob Baker
February 6, 2020

Professor presents thoughtful film discussion as part of art exhibition

By Jacob Baker
February 6, 2020
This Sept. 9, 2018, photo shows actress Carey Mulligan, a cast member in the film "Wildlife," posing for a portrait during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto.

Films to see from Sundance 2020

By Jacob Baker
February 4, 2020
'Clue' comes to the Egyptian Theatre

‘Clue’ comes to the Egyptian Theatre

By Jacob Baker
January 31, 2020
Finn Wolfhard (left), who plays Miles Fairchild, and Brooklynn Prince, who plays Flora Fairchild, in "The Turning."

‘The Turning’ disappoints with bland story and poor execution

By Jacob Baker
January 30, 2020
Top 10 Super Bowl halftime shows since 2010

Top 10 Super Bowl halftime shows since 2010

By Jacob Baker
January 30, 2020
Nathan Morris, from left, Wanya Morris, Shawn Stockman, of Boyz II Men‎, and Alicia Keys, second left, sing a tribute in honor of the late Kobe Bryant, seen on screen, at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards  Sunday in Los Angeles.

Grammy Awards draws lowest ratings since 2008

By Jacob Baker
January 28, 2020

“1917” ends 2019 with an epic tale

By Jacob Baker
January 24, 2020

Oscar nominations lack diversity

By Jacob Baker
January 20, 2020

‘Underwater’ sets scary tone for new year

By Jacob Baker
January 15, 2020
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