With the recent school shootings that have been going on, a hot topic is probably going to be brought to the front lines yet again. Yes, it’s gun control. Liberals seem to be more restrictive in terms of gun control. The liberal side of the argument is often that it […]

If you Google the phrase “online dating,” you come up with about 127 million hits. That’s a lot of information. So how do you cull the good from the awful? Do you go with eHarmony and its all-too-adorable commercials where everyone seems to meet Mr. or Ms. Right and pay […]

Everyone has heard a fairy tale in some form or another, often starting with “once upon a time” and ending with “happily ever after.” The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales at the Lifeline Theatre has all the familiar tales, but with a twist to them. It’s based […]

Identity theft is one of the fastest-growing crimes in America and hits one in four U.S. households a year, according to cnn.com. This means you or someone could at some point be a victim. This crime brings along a huge amount stress to the innocent victims it affects. To minimize […]

The standard argument, “Who’s ever going to use this in real life?” doesn’t apply to Biology 100. This general education requirement is valuable to any person’s breadth of knowledge. Ribosomes, cellular respiration, endoplasmic reticulum, reactants, and whatever else the proverbial “they” decide to teach us is fine with me. What’s […]

#8220;I see NEIU as a potential model university of the future.” University presidential candidate Dr. Nabil A. Ibrahim spoke these words at a public meeting held to give NEIU a chance to engage him. In his opening statements, Ibrahim spoke about the challenges and opportunities that a metropolitan university presents. […]

Sony recently released a fully revised version of the 1954 Godzilla movie featuring both the original Japanese and the re-cut American versions. This deluxe set also includes commentaries and documentaries on the now-classic movie. American viewers can finally see in high-quality DVD both versions of this film in what has […]

As an SGA senator in the Spring of 2006, I had the chance to meet two professional consultants hired for the new presidential search. Needless to say, it seems they knew very little about NEIU except that it is located in Chicago. One would expect that a highly qualified and […]

On Wednesday, Oct. 4, the office of Judy Baar Topinka, Illinois state treasure and Republican gubernatorial candidate, sponsored a free citizenship workshop in the Student Union Building. With Chicago’s large immigrant communities, it’s more than appropriate to have a free citizenship workshop at NEIU, the most diverse campus in the […]

A war with dwindling support, a lame duck president, and scandal after scandal show that things are not going very well for the Republican Party. And now, one of their foremost opponents of pedophilia has just been discovered to be something of a pedophile himself. Representative Mark Foley of Florida […]