On Jan. 2, 2007 Northeastern students will be able to use a single log-in to access the university-wide Internet portal, as they are created To access the university e-mail and Blackboard. group functionality and RSS feeds will be added eventually to the NEIUport system. According to an online PowerPoint presentation […]
Month: November 2006
Five student clubs reactivated
Five student organizations have been reactivated after 26 of them were deactivated due to missing “basic training” sessions required by the Student Activities Office in September. The five reactivated clubs include the Financial Management Association, the Justice Studies Club, Hillel, the Student Council for Exceptional Students, and the Sociology Club, […]
Students show talent to support St. Jude’s
Alpha Psi Lamda presented its first-ever variety show Friday Oct. 27 in the Auditorium, hosted by Maurice Davis, Alberto Higareda, and Violette Torres. The show presented a total of eight acts, ranging from a flamenco-dancing youth troupe. During the show, donations were taken for the St. Jude Children’s research hospital, […]
University asks Springfield for $105.6 million in capital development
It is almost time for the holidays, and the university is looking to cash in on some much-desired construction projects. Much like the eager child in the midst of preparing for the upcoming shopping season, NEIU has submitted its wish list to the powers that be in Springfield, hoping for […]
Study finds debt delays students’ life plans
The ends of many college careers are approaching this December, and a large number of graduating seniors have finally wrapped their heads (if not their hands) around potential careers. Perhaps NEIU has steered students in directions in which they feel capable of professional success, yet many still find themselves panicking […]
Indonesian performing arts come to NEIU
The Indonesian Performing Arts of Chicago (iPAC) held its first annual Indonesian Cultural Celebration on Oct. 28 in the Northeastern Auditorium. They also presented many speakers, which included a representative of U.S. Congressman Bobby Rush and a representative from the Consulate of the Republic of Indonesia. The President of iPAC, […]
SGA election ratified over objections by speaker and senator
A note of controversy surrounded the proceedings as the Student Government Association (SGA) ratified the results of the fall election for the senate and the Northeastern Programming Board in a special meeting on Nov. 2. Before the vote to ratify the election and the swearing-in of the seven senator-elects who […]
Human Rights Watch award winner visits NEIU
Veronica Cruz, 2006 Human Rights Watch Award recipient, stressed the importance of education in human rights at a talk in the Golden Eagles room on Thursday, Oct. 26, which was part of a week-long visit. In attendance was Jackie MacKay, a representative of Human Rights Watch in the new Chicago […]
CCICS receives $400,000 grant to study slave trade
The Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies (CICS) has been given a $400,000 grant by the State of Illinois to study the African slave trade. CICS is now the fiscal agent of a grant that will allow the university to set up this study. This was in addition to the […]
Validating your laziness
Many people come upon revelations and realizations while on the job which enable them to discover just exactly what they can and can’t get away with. In Corinne Maier’s new book, Bonjour Laziness: Why Hard Work Doesn’t Pay, she addresses hypocrisies, idiosyncrasies, and banalities in business in a humorous light. […]