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...
Don’t live with your friends in college, they said. It’ll ruin your friendships, they said. Moving in with your friends sounds like all your third grade dreams of the neverending sleepover coming true. You get to be with people you like all the time...
To me, the last week of summer should be a balance between preparing for school and living out the final days and nights of freedom by sleeping in, lazing about the pool and generally being irresponsible. For the past three years, I’ve spent my last...
Until June 14, I’d never been outside the U.S. Based on my month studying in Ireland and week running around Paris, I have assembled some advice for anyone contemplating studying abroad. Firstly, if you’re thinking about it, do it. Make the time,...
I was never one of those kids who cried at summer camp. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to be home; I just liked the idea of being somewhere else for a while. I was only ever gone a week or two, but I witnessed enough Girl Scouts having meltdowns to...
No, it’s not a showing of the gritty Vietnam-era film your dad always wants to watch with you during Christmas break. And no, it isn’t an Atlanta-based experimental noise band. It’s an alternative rock band from Rhode Island with a predilection...
“The V in V-Day stands for Victory, Valentine and Vagina.” The Woman’s Rights Alliance is hosting a two-night performance of A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and a Prayer: Writings To Stop Violence Against Women and Girls (MMRP) at 7:30 p.m. Friday...
No one hates Glee more than Glee fans. Maybe you’ve never watched Glee; pure instinct telling you to stay away. Maybe you indulged in a few episodes before deciding Glee was a blight on society. No matter how much you think you hate it, you don’t...
This weekend, The Hunger Games, based on Suzanne Collins’ monster young adult book series, delighted fans and raked in the dough. Millions of people flocked to theaters around the country, and few were disappointed. Counted among those who were delighted...
DeKalb police officers responded to multiple reports of shots fired in the 800 block of Kimberly Drive at 2:04 a.m. Saturday. DeKalb Police Lt. Gary Spangler said there appeared to have been an altercation, during which some shots were fired. DeKalb Police...
There isn’t a way to say this without sounding melodramatic and eliciting eye-rolls, but I am one of those people who can honestly say, “that song changed my life.” “World Without End” by Five Iron Frenzy introduced a 14-year-old frizzy haired,...
Memes. Memes everywhere. NIU students who love to waste time on Facebook were gifted a new outlet for procrastination this week, courtesy of sophomore English major Danny Cozzi. For those not in the know, a meme is a funny picture or video that is passed...
