James Ellroy writes the tough-guy crime novels that would make most people shudder. It is tough as nails, darker than Lucifer’s heart and entirely plausible. The book The Black Dahlia is no different. For those of you who have seen the Academy Award nominated film, you already know the basic […]

NEIU’s Stage Center Theatre’s rendition of Proof, a play by David Auburn that won a Pulitzer in 2001 and was adapted into a film featuring Anthony Hopkins and Gwyneth Paltrow, captured the story and emotion beautifully. The story revolves around Catherine, the daughter of a famous yet recently deceased mathematician. […]

Jump Ultimate Stars is a massive fighting game which follows the same game play style as the successful Smash Brothers series found on the Gamecube (and soon the Wii). Instead of popular Nintendo franchise characters fighting, Ultimate Stars features over 300 characters from 41 popular Japanese comic and cartoon series. […]

The British comedy, Starter for 10, is about a young man named Brian Jackson (James McAvoy) who has a great love for trivia, and learning. He has been accepted to Bristol University, a school he always wanted to go to, and quickly finds out that they are holding auditions for […]

Phil Labonte is the vocalist of All That Remains. Labonte was asked, what was his inspiration was to go into music. He simply said that it was bands like Iron Maiden and Metallica that drew him into music. Labonte also said “I got my first guitar when I was 14.” […]

The house lights stayed up as the orchestra opened its performance with the familiar music of “Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4.” Russell Vinick, conductor for the Chicago Businessmen’s Orchestra (CBO), opened their concert Bruch and Beethoven with this piece. The CBO was founded in 1921 by State Street businessman George Lytton […]

Bike riders love to ride their bikes, even through the icy Chicago winter. “My bike is my main source of transportation,” said Paul Harris, Treasurer of the Bike Club. Riding has numerous perks, he says. “I pass two or three buses and a line of cars in traffic (on my […]

With Summer just more than a month away, the internet is being overrun with advertisements for last-minute packages on hotel and airfare to resorts such as Cancun, Jamaica and Bermuda. Although many of these web sites are reminding students of changes to air travel document requirements, not all of them […]

The average student at NEIU is typically juggling several responsibilities. There are children and partners to see after, work duties, and last but not least, schoolwork to do. Even if one is a part-time student, that is still a lot to contend with. A hectic life and schedule can cause […]

Instead of the typical textbook and notebook, a new NEIU course is requiring students to bring a pocket knife, work gloves, Pepto-Bismol, medical insurance, and a valid passport to class. ANTH-380, in an archeological field school in Belize, is a six-credit-hour course? that allows students to receive hands-on experience in […]