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Rihanna doesn't try to hide her love for weed with lyrics about smoking flying freely from her lips.

Weed inspires hit albums

By Darius Parker | April 20, 2017

Rihanna doesn't try to hide her love for weed with lyrics about smoking flying freely from her lips.

Pass/Fail: Diversity class will foster acceptance; MTV star deserved better fan support

By Brooklyn Harper | October 6, 2016

Pass: Diversity class will foster acceptanceOn Sunday, the Student Association Senate approved a resolution which will require students starting their first semester at NIU in fall 2017 and after to take at least one credit in a human diversity course...

Comedian Geoff Keith will perform stand-up comedy at 7 p.m in the Holmes Student Center, Carl Sandburg Auditorium.

Comedian utilizes interactive material

By Alexis Malapitan | October 19, 2015

Comedian Geoff Keith will perform stand-up comedy at 7 p.m in the Holmes Student Center, Carl Sandburg Auditorium.

‘Guy Code’ spinoff gives girls hope

By Aymie Telinski | April 21, 2013

MTV’s newest series, “Girl Code,” shows women’s thoughts on things like the definition of a “frenemy” or the proper and courteous way to stand in line while waiting for the bathroom. “Girl Code” is a spinoff of MTV2’s “Guy Code.”...

‘Buckwild’ show halts production amid scandals

By Kevin Bartelt | April 3, 2013

Students’ new favorite reality show, “Buckwild,” has had to halt production for the second season after one of its stars was found dead on Monday. Shain Gandee, 21, died of carbon monoxide poisoning with his uncle and another man. Officials reported...

Just be yourself, not a catfish

By Kimberly Randall | February 13, 2013

“She’s a catfish.” “You’ve been catfished.” You may be asking yourself the question: What is a catfish? Well, catfish is a nickname given to people who create fake profiles on social networks like Facebook and Twitter, pretending to be someone...

Predictions for the year's biggest popularity contest

Predictions for the year’s biggest popularity contest

By Shelby Devitt | September 5, 2012

I stopped believing MTV’s Video Music Awards were a legitimate representation of the art of the music video in 2003 when the video for Missy Elliot’s “Work It” beat out the video for Johnny Cash’s powerful rendition of “Hurt” in the Video...

DeKalb in second place in ‘Bully’ premiere online campaign

By Melissa Mastrogiovanni | March 25, 2012

Last week, partners of MTV launched an online campaign to encourage community members to vote in a contest which would allow DeKalb to premiere a documentary about bullying. The film, Bully, is an independent documentary that follows the lives of five...

California’s love is too good

By Dan Martynowicz | March 18, 2012

I’ve never had a real spring break vacation. At least, not the ones you see on MTV where everyone is topless and drunk on a beach. For my last semester of college, I decided to throw caution (and all my money) to the wind and spent a week on the beaches...

NIU alumnus Alex Broches recently appeared on an episode of
MTV's True Life titled "I'm being cut off by my parents"
after he borrowed $10,000 to launch CollegeJunkee.com.

NIU alumnus talks about launching CollegeJunkee.com, being on MTV

By Chelsey Boutan | November 30, 2011

It has been Alex Broches' and his family's goal for years to save enough money to buy a home together. But when the 23-year-old NIU graduate decided to start an academic website for college students, he borrowed $10,000 that his family saved for a down...

Duncan Penn (left) and Ben Nemtin (right) watch a video of
fellow cast member and friend Dave Lingwood run across a soccer
field naked to cross #50, streak a field, off of their bucket list
at the Duke Ellington Ballroom Friday night.

“The Buried Life,” fulfilling dreams in DeKalb

By Jerene-Elise Nall | November 6, 2011

The boys of MTV's The Buried Life brought their Megatour to NIU Friday to share their experiences with crossing items off bucket lists and to ask students: What do you want to do before you die? Their story, though buried itself in excessive T-shirt giveaways...

The double standard in censorship of body types

The double standard in censorship of body types

By Taurean Small | April 12, 2011

Star tennis players Venus and Serena Williams are known for their provocative attitudes. Evident in their tennis outfits, both women tend to push boundaries when it comes to their work. Subsequently, they are powerful figures in the sports industry,...