Trapt’s recent release of their Live! album is just as its title entails, a retooling of some of their biggest hits. Live! incorporates two new studio songs, “Stay Alive” and “Everything to Lose,” to round out an interesting collection of songs. The real punch of the album is the live […]

Do not see The Golden Compass. Read the book, and then rent the movie. In many movie adaptations of books, those who have read the book often say the book is better than the movie. In many occasions this proves to be true, in others it is questionable. The Lord […]

Brought to you straight from the San Francisco Bay Area comes Federation, the next commercial hip-hop enterprise to take over with a bad attitude. Their second release, It’s Whateva seeks to represent the hyphy car culture of the West Coast. Though this is a slick and shiny production, helped and […]

Students who enrolled in 2004 may have their tuition increase 25 percent, students enrolled before 2004 may have their tuition increase 9 percent next school year. Members of the University’s Administration discussed in a town hall meeting on Nov. 20 about proposed tuition increases for ’08 – ’09, school year. […]

The Chicago suburbs introduce another community theater. Berwyn just announced the opening of the 16th Street Theater at a special event. They tooted their own horns and gave a preview of the season to come the self-gratification that comes out of many community theaters throughout the suburbs. There are two […]

One family manages to survive them all in Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth; Stage Center’s latest production was produced by Anna Antaramian and directed by Dan Wirth. This play takes us through three scenes in the strange life of the Antrobus family. Although the play is a little […]

Late registration was to be opened on January 2, 2008 and remain open until January 4, 2008. Recently an announcement was given that the days for late registration will open December 12, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. Rather than just being open from 9:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. January 2-4, the changes will […]

Bah Humbug. Penny-pinching, old man Scrooge (Steve Connell) is back and as nasty as ever in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, playing at Metropolis Performing Arts Center in Arlington Heights through December 24. In this lively rendition of the holiday classic, Scrooge journeys with the spirits of Christmas Past (Melissa […]

Thanksgiving seems to officially kick off the “holiday season”, no matter whether that season for you means Christmas, Hanukah or Kwanza. It’s a season where many people in America do celebrate food in all its glory. It is also a time where people can feel overwhelmed by the busyness of […]

Just as professional athletes practice for an upcoming game, dedicated sports fans must often labor through their own pre-game routine. Each repetition on the bench press or swing in the batting cage taken by a player is matched by the fan that, in hopes of clearing enough time to watch […]