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Listening to music via ear buds or noise-cancelling headphones is a joy in and of itself: it’s as if the artists are performing a special show for you right inside your ears. However, nothing compares to seeing those musicians live in concert. Whether you’re in a large venue with thousands of people, or a small coffee shop with a couple hundred or less, you’re all there for the same reason: you enjoy the music they churn out. If you weren’t a fan of them to begin with,... |
 Campus Campaign might not sound familiar to many students on campus but it supports a cause worth knowing. The North Central Campus Campaign is an event for teachers and staff to come and mingle and give back to the college. The event held on the second floor of Old Main calls faculty members to help the students of North Central College in various ways. The key focus is the NCC fund; a fund that goes directly to maintaining and improving campus facilities, as well as the students who... |
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Balancing time is something every student has to learn to accomplish. There are many forms of entertainment that can cause distractions when it comes to focusing on school and work. Senior Jay Modelski believes that entertainment is something that definitely affects students getting their work done. “More times than not students put TV, sports or social media ahead of schoolwork. Even I... |
Junior Ali Schwieger: I can't do my homework, ever! Even when I want to be productive and do it early, I can't do it. Dr. Lisa Long, Chair of the Division of Arts & Letters, Professor of English: It's really frustrating. I can't get back to students. I use my email as a record for my life. If I can't get on there, I can't accomplish much. Sophomore Nikki Young: When I can't use my Internet, I can't do my homework and... |
 This Sunday and Monday, North Central experienced some Internet problems all across campus. Wi-Fi hook ups in residence halls weren’t connecting and the network on school computers had crashed, causing people in Oesterle Library and Carnegie Hall using computers to be unable to receive Internet connectivity. The start of this week was week five and anyone familiar with the school’s trimester system knows that week five means midterms. This is the time of the term where... |
I assume many of us are feeling how this event is so incredibly sad and so incredibly senseless. We can't wrap our minds and our hearts around the hurt and the pain. Regardless of whether or not weare directly connected to someone who is suffering, we can all agree that these tragedies are confusing and simply don't register. This leads me to find solace in two things:
1.) The good people outweigh the bad. I have to remind myself that these awful... |
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This past Monday, April 16, during the 116th Annual Boston Marathon, two bombs exploded near Copley Square, right next to the finish line of the event. The blasts killed three people as of the time of publication, and injured over 170. The explosions occurred just over four hours into the race, a time when the largest influx of runners usually complete the race. Therefore, a very large amount of family members were congregating around the sites of the blasts to support their loved... |
Klariza Alvaran You may have heard it a million times already being a student at NCC, a prototypical liberal arts college (LAC), but I’ll say it again: the liberal arts are not dead. Take note: this is coming from an ex-full-time corporate American. For me, this marks quite the turn around in perspective. I came into NCC as a freshman thinking that... |
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Parents are always questioning and hypothesizing current parenting trends and methods. “Should Timmy go to private or public school?” “Does grounding really work?” “How about that grade in biology, should we let it slide?” Most worries surround the actual development of the child, his/her healthy and productive transition into adulthood. Really, the level of character an adolescent has is what his/her... |
In a perfect world, this year’s graduating class of theatre and musical theatre majors would enter into a warm and welcoming job market, but unfortunately, this has rarely been the case for the performing or visual arts. However, some North Central College soon-to-be-graduates are now buckling down and hoping to break into show business right away. But what is finding a job really like when it comes to theatre? Emma van Ommeren, a senior theatre major, has already been... |