A sad and unlikely friendship between two lost men and their very different struggles with themselves is the main theme of Columbia Pictures’ Reign Over Me. Charlie Fineman (Adam Sandler) and Alan Johnson (Don Cheadle) were college roommates in dental school over a decade ago. Since then, Alan has gone […]

Chicago’s “Window to the World,” PBS station WTTW launched a Spanish language channel March 5, 2007. According to a press release dated February 7, 2007, WTTW joined eighteen other PBS stations across the country in presenting V-Me. V-Me (pronounced veh-meh) is a fresh Spanish language network that provides quality broadcasting […]

Disney’s “Meet The Robinsons” is the same story told many times by the filmmakers, yet this story still seems fresh and new. Based on the book A Day with Wilbur Robinson by William Joyce, the story starts as most Disney adventures do with an orphan. It then quickly goes into […]

Believe it or not, the sound of our voices carries a great amount of weight in society. The sound of one’s voice can create assumptions concerning appearance, personality, and socioeconomic status. A determining factor in whether or not a job applicant is hired is the sound of the individual’s voice. […]

ho has not heard, “You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your family?” With foster care parents can have that choice, but it is not to be taken lightly. There are a lot of qualifications that must be met before an agency would ever consider placing a child […]

The band Jonny Lives! obviously wants commercial success, and it is very probable that they may just get it with their debut “Get Steady.” This young testosterone-laden foursome stem from the Big Apple, and the sounds and ponderings of gritty yet shinny metropolitan life abound in this release. Every one […]

Anyone who is willing to help our country should look into volunteering at AmeriCorp. AmeriCorp is the U.S. Federal Government’s domestic national service program run by the Corporation for National and Community Service. While serving in AmeriCorp, students receive a small living allowance (stipend) and upon successful completion of service […]

Technology is intimidating. I’ll admit it. RAM, Ethernet, Terabytes, Bluetooth, GSM, MP4s, 802.11g wifi…buying a computer or cellphone (or even a refrigerator) these days seems to require learning another language. Instead of embracing a chance to become proficient in something new, many people just cling to the closest geek (or […]

The International Museum of Surgical Science, nestled discretely among residential mansions on Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive, is a graveyard of grim technology that makes one glad to have been born in the latter half of the twentieth century. While we wince about global warming, unsteady capitalism, and the unceasing popularity […]

Felicia Maxa is like any other NEIU student, balancing a full class load, a job, as well as being a newlywed. Unlike most students, however, Maxa is in the Army National Guard and is being deployed to Iraq in June of this year. She only needs a few more credits […]