John, we hardly knew ye. Photo from americanidol.com.

Well, Simon saw it coming — it’s the end of the line for Northwestern’s own John Park on American Idol. He was the first person to get the boot on Thursday night’s results show, and he sang “Gravity” by John Mayer, the song that got him thrown off [...]

Photo by Betsy Feuerstein / North by Northwestern

This Friday there’s an art walk in Wicker Park with buses to and from the event.  Check out contemporary art that could be fantastic or not; it’s your call to make when you see the exhibit.  Go to make friends with the artists dressed as a hipster, or [...]

Photo by Shaunacy Ferro / North by Northwestern.

Members of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and Chi Psi (Lodge) fraternity painted the rock Thursday morning for their GreekBuild fundraiser, “Jail ‘n’ Bail.” Volunteers could sign up to be “arrested” and put in jail near the Rock, and had to raise bail money for Habitat for Humanity [...]

I don’t want to waste your time with silly things like context or explanation, but this took place recently during Owen Priest’s organic chemistry lab lecture. One commenter claims the stunt was charity. Enjoy.

Our new column “Culture in the 312″ gives you the low down on cool cultural activities going on in Chicago. This edition: Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College.

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The first thing we learned when John Park came on screen Tuesday night was that he goes to Northwestern and is in an a cappella group called Purple Haze. We all know this, but it was cool to hear. But Purple Haze came back to haunt Park at the end of his performance. [...]

Chicago’s PoorLittleRichGirls.com, a lifestyle and shopping website co-founded by Northwestern Alum Noelle Provencial (‘05 Medill), held a fashion show Friday night at Lumen.
It was PLRG’s second annual Battle of the Boutiques. Six boutiques from around Chicago (Wolfbait & B-Girls, 2 Sisters Boutique, Hubba-Hubba, Dress Up Boutique, Re.Stock Shop and last year’s winner LeDress) showcased [...]

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In this episode, Chuck and Sarah are attempting to move on from each other and juggle both their work and personal lives. Chuck and Hannah’s relationship is getting hot and heavy, while Shaw continues to seduce Sarah at every possible moment. Meanwhile, Chuck is entrusted [...]

Been cultivating your inferiority complex lately? If not, it’s time to recall the day you received the thin envelope from the University of Chicago. Or at least pretend you did.
According to one Web address, Northwestern ‘Cats are University of Chicago throwaways. This weekend, the URL www.uchicagorejects.com appeared on the Web. The link redirects to [...]

Dance Marathon held its annual Battle of the Bands fundraiser Wednesday night at Prairie Moon. Looney and the Tunes, led by frontman Jordan Looney, beat Funk in the Trunk, The Royal Senders and Mori and the Moonwalkers to become this year’s performance during Block 7 of DM. Looney and the Tunes won the donation war [...]

America has spoken, and Northwestern’s own is sticking around for another week on American Idol. Saying goodbye? Janell Wheeler, Ashley Rodriguez, Joe Muñoz and Tyler Grady. Don’t remember them? Yeah, exactly.
To celebrate, here’s shoddy video of Park’s performance last night. Were the judges right, or were they just deaf? Leave your thoughts in the [...]

This is the band of the moment, the world just doesn’t know it yet.

NU’s John Park has made it to the Top 12, but his song choice left the judges skeptical.

When I applied to Northwestern, the application was one question long: why do you want to go here? Simple enough. Tufts, by contrast, had at least nine options for thought-provoking questions on famous people in history, identification with inanimate objects and clever wordplay questions that sounded like they were written by beat poets. Tufts [...]

Jack’s lost.
Excuse the pun, but Jack was indeed all over the place this episode. He flirted with Kate, reminisced about his father, got angry and broke mirrors, and then ended the episode sitting alone moodily staring out into the ocean. His flash-sideways storyline was also uneven; it seemed too far removed from what’s happening on [...]