College scholarships often have strict academic, community service, and leadership requirements. Therefore, one would think that people who don’t necessarily possess traditional skills and abilities are left without funds. But that isn’t necessarily true. There is hope for those who are looking to fund their education through weird and unusual […]

Oak Park is a small suburb located 9 miles west of downtown. It was established in 1839 and spans only 4.7 square miles. Oak Park was the boyhood home of Ernest Hemingway and also boasts the architecture of the great Frank Lloyd Wright. The affluent area was originally an “all […]

In the last two weeks, I’ve found myself on two round-trip flights around the country. No matter what airline I was on, all of them mentioned an FCC regulation against cell phones and wireless devices, and asked that they be turned completely off for the duration of the flight. If […]

You’re in the basement of a friend’s house, sitting around a table, and all of a sudden you’re hit with a spell or by a person, creature, plant, angel or demon. You have just entered the realm of the Role-Playing Game (RPG) campaign. You are the actor, strong with your […]

Humans have always been playing games, but a new wave of entertainment entered in the late 20th Century: video-gaming. How has society reacted when confronted with the introduction to of the new interactive medium? Computer-gamers like Jeffrey Nelson and Jonathan Gronli note their social experiences as a child when they […]

Ten NEIU students from the Politics Club and Honors Society worked on muliple tasks in rebuilding homes in Pearlington, MS. Included in these tasks were working in the kitchen, texturing, laying floors, sheetrocking, putting up drywall and cleaning. The work was in response to Hurricane Katrina, which occurred 19 months […]

Whether you like it or not, college students can be gullible and hardheaded. Credit card companies target people who are more likely to fill out applications. Let’s face it, they are some smart cookies. ? Credit card companies visit campuses with table displays, offering all kinds of gimmicks to get […]

After epitomizing school spirit for the students of the University of Illinois for over eighty years, Chief Illiniwek is retired. His retirement from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign comes after two decades of debate and escalating tensions. Chief Illiniwek was introduced in 1926 when Assistant Band director Ray Dvorak […]

Across the country, more and more colleges are banning smoking from their campuses altogether. According to an article in USA Today, about 43 campuses have completely gone smoke-free, which means that smoking is no longer allowed anywhere on their campuses, not even in usually designated spots. Betsy Foy of the […]

Ok class, today we’re going discuss the Bill of Rights and how it applies to this public institution we call the Northeastern Illinois University. But first let’s take a look at the First Amendment, most specifically the Freedom of Speech (now read along): “Congress shall make no law respecting an […]