Month: March 2007

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El Centro gets hot food on campus

El Centro has begun serving hot meals daily. According to El Centro Director Daniel Lopez, hot meals will be served on weekdays from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. and on Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The menus will rotate on a daily basis. The food service concession was awarded […]

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Business opportunities in the South Pacific

Business people “Down Under” want to tell the world that they represent more than Rugby players, incredible surf, and Nicole Kidman. This was the focus of talks presented by several business gurus at the South Pacific International Business Conference (SPIBC), organized by the Business Management Club and the School of […]

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Rockstars bouncing more than basketballs

According to records gathered from the NEIU Controllers Office, the Chicago Rockstars of the American Basketball Association appear to have had two checks written to NEIU that equal $7,000 returned for lack of payment. The Rockstars were under contract for the rental of the P.E Complex for $2,500 per game […]

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Marketing Yellow Tail

Dr. John F.O. Bilson, Director of the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Ph.D. Program of Finance, spoke at the South Pacific Business Conference last week about the success of Australia’s Yellow Tail wine company in the United States. Yellow Tail, a product of Casella Wines Ltd., has grown in the last […]

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Harvard University has its first woman President

As a child, the mother of soon-to-be Harvard University president Drew G. Faust’s said, “This is a man’s world, sweetie, and the sooner you learn that, the better off you’ll be.” Faust refused to believe that and told herself that she would make a difference in this world whether she […]

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How Far Have We Really Come?

It’s a little ridiculous that at our incredibly ‘diverse’ university, there is so little substance to our diversity. NEIU is not yet a place where every group is represented at every level of the university, all the way to the top. It is the year 2007, and at a university […]

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TechTalk

As the 2006 model year came to a close, thousands of consumers flocked to the Chicago Auto Show in early February to kick the tires on 2007’s new cars. More than 40 manufacturers were at McCormick Place, displaying their new lines of cars, SUVs, trucks, vans, and motorcycles. No matter […]

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Financial Aid update

The Financial Aid Office is encouraging students to file their FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) by the end of February or soon after. They urge that students do not wait until April or later to file for federal student aid. Applications are available in the Financial Aid Office, […]

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International students and their experience

Joanna Swacha and Malgorata Trochimiuk, exchange students from Poland, say that in their home country they usually take nine to ten classes per semester. That doesn’t necessarily mean that keeping up with their homework was more difficult in Poland. “Here you have to study more regularly,” says Joanna. Classwork aside, […]

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Over 500,000 members of Chicago’s LGBT may benefit from new center

The end of construction is nearing on a three-story building that will house the Midwest’s largest LGBT community center. Formerly known as Horizons Community Services, the Center on Halsted is stated to open this summer to serve the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. Programs offered will include mental […]