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  • Americans idolize the wrong figures
    By TAUREAN SMALL  |  Published Tuesday, November 17, 2009
    ... residence hall or your favorite actor? In America, it is not out of commonplace for you to answer “my favorite actor.” This is due to American idolatry. We are led to believe — even at an early age — there is a certain fulfillment one ... [Read More]

  • 61st Annual Emmy Awards rolls out the red carpet for TV's finest
    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  |  Published Monday, September 21, 2009
    ... successfully defended their titles at Sunday's show, but the snappy ceremony and a star turn by host Neil Patrick Harris made the evening far from a rerun. AMC's glossy 1960s Madison Avenue saga "Mad Men," which last year became the first basic c... [Read More]

  • 2009 Emmy winners
    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  |  Published Monday, September 21, 2009
    ... Series: "Mad Men," AMC. Comedy Series: "30 Rock," NBC. Actor, Drama Series: Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad," AMC. Actress, Drama Series: Glenn Close, "Damages," FX Networks. Actor, Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock," NBC. Actr... [Read More]

  • Mayor-Elect Povlsen currently splits time between two jobs
    By JESSICA SABBAH  |  Published Thursday, April 23, 2009
    ... has served as both the DeKalb acting mayor and Ben Gordon Center director of prevention since August. He will continue to do so until his retirement from the Ben Gordon Center, after which he will only continue his job as mayor. Dependi... [Read More]

  • Coming to a TV near you
    By JEN HANCE  |  Published Tuesday, April 7, 2009
    ... melodrama in your own day-to-day life, the eight girls on this reality show have enough for your whole week. Their dysfunctional dating habits are coached by matchmaker Steve Ward as they try to ditch their issues and find true love. The process... [Read More]

  • Reality shows and politics shouldnt mix
    By KEITH CAMERON  |  Published Tuesday, May 1, 2007
    ... However, I believe the producers of American Idol, oddly enough, have given me that opportunity. In the March 6 issue of the Northern Star, I wrote about E-voting and the dangers associated with it. I stated, I am not so quick to encourage a votin... [Read More]

  • Stealing time with softballs Stoddard
    By SEAN CONNOR  |  Published Wednesday, April 11, 2007
    ... up to for NIU softballs Ellen Stoddard. However, the fifth-year senior said she is not feeling the pressure while living up her last days of college ball. Stoddard was leading her team with 19 runs scored and 35 hits heading into Tuesdays do... [Read More]

  • NIU student just may be a 'Chicago Idol'
    By JAMI KNOWLES  |  Published Thursday, April 5, 2007
    ... still quiet as Lisa Gianpetro began to sing for her mom, a cameraman and FOX News reporter Nancy Loo. Gianpetro, a junior elementary education major, Read More]

  • CD Review: Modest Mouse
    By DEREK WRIGHT  |  Published Tuesday, March 27, 2007
    ... success is not that it came a decade into the groups career, nor is it that a conglomerate like Epic Records stuck by the Washington natives despite poor sales of the bands label debut a few years earlier. The most refreshing revelation about... [Read More]

  • Novotney right on E-voting
    By KEITH CAMERON  |  Published Tuesday, March 6, 2007
    ... Association vote which I think deserves a little more credit. The vote was over the issue of online voting, and the chocolate-y center of the online voting issue is the simple matter of this: the paper trail. Featured in the front-page story ... [Read More]

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