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Songs we love to hate

By Northern Star Staff | April 30, 2023

This week, writers picked three songs they consider as guilty pleasures because, let's be honest, we all have them. Sarah’s picks Bruno Mars - “Treasure” Coldplay - “Adventure of a Lifetime” Savage Garden - “I Want You” Bruno...

Rapper Wiz Khalifa experiments with sounds, musicality in album

By Alexis Malapitan | February 8, 2016

Rapper Wiz Khalifa draws inspiration from other rappers and experiments with different sounds in his new album “Khalifa.”After countless Instagram teasers, Twitter beef with Kanye West and three Grammy nominations, the “See You Again” singer has...

Bieber vs. One Direction

By Northern Star staff | November 16, 2015

Jessica Plessner | @Jess_PlessHands down, Justin Bieber’s “Purpose” blew One Direction’s “Made in the A.M.” out of the water.I can’t help but want to hug Bieber after listening to “Purpose” with its fresh beats, optimistic and encouraging...

New exhibit depicts all levels of privacy

By Samantha McCoy | October 6, 2013

On Watching and Being Seen, an Altgeld Hall exhibit, features work from 27 artists from Chicago to Japan.The art within the exhibit depicts the level of privacy in the world and shows privacy throughout time. The show includes artwork from the ’30s.“I...

Best and worst Christmas albums

Best and worst Christmas albums

By Kevin Bartelt | November 25, 2012

November is almost over and it’s time to dust off that holiday CD...I mean, search “Christmas” in iTunes. If you are hanging out with a couple friends, you obviously want to pick the best holiday music. Here are the best and worst Christmas albums....

3 simple rules to computer lab etiquette

By Phil Case | August 24, 2010

It may be hard to imagine the amount of stress that lead to the consumption of ungodly amounts of caffeine and all-night knowledge benders when you’re still reading syllabi and learning the names of all of your classmates.  When that time inevitably...