#8220;Have you ever read any Vonnegut?” The question was posed to me about three years ago while I was at a friend’s house. We were chatting in his living room when his father, who was flipping through a book, just asked me the question. I said no and he handed […]

#8220;Fallen” follows Lans Kells, a freelance writer trying to get by in the new world post World War III, who inadvertently gets caught in the middle of an epic fight between Angels and Daemons for the souls of mankind. The Force insinuated to be God has left the tattered Earth […]

Smashing Pumpkins are returning to the mainstream scene with their first album since their disbanding in 2001. Expected release date is 7.7.07, and the title is Zeitgeist. Those who loved their sound will still be pleased to hear the same tone and voice; fans of the actual band members will […]

Consider the following pick-up lines: “So you want to get some coffee?” “I really want to get to know you, you want to do something tonight?” “After I repair my gear and clear up my bag space, you want to go farm trolls together in Blackrock Mountain?” Surely you recognize […]

The NEIU Hip Hop Organization’s “March Mad Illness” event held Friday, March 30, was a celebration of the group’s 10th anniversary. An enlivened crowd gathered in Alumni Hall to hear performances by Iomos Marad, Rita J. and Mr. Greenweedz, FOOD (Decay & Selfish), Maintenance Crew, and Mass Hysteria. The show […]

What should one be looking for when searching for an apartment to rent? What are some often-overlooked details that one should be informed of when one gets ready to scope out that cozy bachelor(ette) pad? Are apartment-finding services worth the effort, or do they just want to screw over a […]

Recently Don Imus was fired from his job for a racially insensitive comment. The comment that got him fire was calling the Rutger’s women’s basketball a group of “nappy -headed hos.” OK, there is validity to the public outcry at that resulted from this comment one would have to take […]

Go to school, learn something, obtain good grades and you will get a good job, right? If you are born beautiful and maintain that attractiveness, then you will succeed in life. Sounds simple, huh? Who gets the most out of life: fame, fortune, and genuine relationships: those who are physically […]

Asians are the model minority because we are invisible. We pride ourselves on not sticking out, “it’s the nail that sticks out that gets hammered.” April 16th has changed everything for me and for Koreans everywhere. Before that day silence was a virtue, or at worst something written off as […]

Recently, the military started rethinking its “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy regarding homosexuals in the military. Is this a step in the right direction? Yes. The “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy was implemented to minimize the amount of discrimination towards homosexuals in a formerly completely homophobic organization. It pretty much […]