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Break out the old, own nicknames and don comic book character costumes this Halloween

By Troy Doetch | October 28, 2010

Monday, Scene columnist Chris Krapek told you what not to be for Halloween. If you had been diligently bedazzling your Lady Gaga outfit or getting a head start spraying on "Situation" abs, this probably came as a shock. Since we know how seriously you...

In Focus: How can you stay safe this Halloween?

In Focus: How can you stay safe this Halloween?

Halloween. The time when the roving bands of students will be replaced by The Flintstones, The Simpsons, and the cast of Star Wars (the original trilogy, not the new ones). But the homicide investigation of Antinette "Toni" Keller has prompted a campus-wide...

October brings choices of costumes for students

By Allyson Martin | October 26, 2010

The month of October has students wondering what they want to be for Halloween and considering the possibility of making their own costumes. Students may shy away from taking this task, thinking that they do not have the skills or the equipment. However,...

Certain costumes will make you a Halloweeiner

By Chris Krapek | October 24, 2010

Remember when Halloween meant monsters and candy and apple-bobbing? At this age, Oct. 31 only means one thing; dressing up. Every year, college kids think they're making the right choice as to what to be for Halloween. Your outfit is either funny, risque...

Egyptian Theatre’s Haunted Tour offers more than scares

By Heather Skrip | October 3, 2010

Okay, I'll admit it-I get scared super easily. That is more than likely a large understatement. I am that person who shrieks if someone turns a corner too fast in front of me, who goes into hysterics whenever I see a bug and has other slightly irrational...

Sexy Halloween costumes

Ladies, please work out before Halloween

By Jessica Jenks | September 30, 2010

Halloween is a month away. Soon, decorations of spooky creatures will start filling the windows of people's houses. Jack O'Lanterns will stare from front porches at passers by. Screams will ring out from those scared in haunted houses and lost in corn...

Joel Ream, Dan Pratt, Tim Ipsen, Ryan Nyther, Ron Jacoby, Keith Winford, and Collin Clauson make up Legend Haz It.

From students to legends

By Elizabeth Osiol and Joseph Olmo | August 24, 2010

Local hip hop is alive and well. Legend Haz It is a hip hop/jazz band that started about a year and a half ago with most of its members being apart of the NIU community. The band got their notoriety at last year's Huskie Bash, and won a contest to open...

Candy, candy, everywhere

So, I was the one who ended up sick at our house over Halloween.Go figure. We didn't go anywhere the entire weekend, period. We even missedtrick-or-treating. Luckily, Babycakes is 2 and didn't know the difference. She feltquite satisfied with the Halloween...