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Predictions for the years 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...

Sweating small stuff with roommates

By Shelby Devitt | August 28, 2012

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...

In this 2011 courtesy photo, the Huskie Marching Band performs in the Homecoming parade.

Halftime heroes deserve respect

By Shelby Devitt | August 27, 2012

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...

Abroad student finds bravery in Europe

By Shelby Devitt | July 24, 2012

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,...

Welcome to Dublin. Grab your panda.

By Shelby Devitt | June 19, 2012

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...

The Dear Hunter hits House Cafe after Coachella performance

By Shelby Devitt | April 25, 2012

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...

Cast members of A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and a Prayer: Writings to Stop Violence Against Women and Girls rehearse on Saturday afternoon. The benefit perfomance will be Friday April 27 and Saturday April 28 in Cavan Auditorium in Gable Hall. Proceeds will go to Safe Passage of DeKalb.

V-Day NIU to host two-night performance

By Shelby Devitt | April 22, 2012

“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...

Glee gears up to let down

By Shelby Devitt | April 4, 2012

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...

The games have begun

By Shelby Devitt and Sarah Contreras | March 26, 2012

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...

No injuries in shots fired incident

By Shelby Devitt & Dave Gong | March 25, 2012

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...

 

Five Iron Frenzy comes out of retirement, breaks Kickstarter record

By Shelby Devitt | March 19, 2012

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,...

i can haz memes?

By Shelby Devitt and Ross Hettel | February 12, 2012

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...