In recent years, NEIU has experienced hazardous material spills, two fires, a blackout and a large flood. Since 2003, the university’s Emergency Management Plan remained a work in progress, a document in draft form that was shrouded in secrecy. In the wake of the February 14 shooting at NIU, however, […]

Northeastern Illinois University is ready to distinguish itself among Chicago’s higher educational frontier. The university has recently placed print advertisements in several local news publications. Advertisements have run in the Chicago Sun-Times, Hoy, Chicago Defender, Red Eye and Diverse Issues in Higher Education, to name a few. The push for […]

In 2004, the teachers’ union at NEIU went on strike for 19 days. This was after contract negotiations failed. Earlier that year, the budget was decreased 8.2 percent from fiscal year (FY) 2003 to FY 2004. The governor’s proposed FY 2009 budget is about $2.2 million less than the FY […]

On Feb. 25, Dr. Eric Hilton began the position of admissions director to NEIU. Hilton has 18 years of college admissions experience and joined the NEIU community because he believes it is the next step in his professional career. “I really like the university community, it is a great fit […]

Weeks before online registration was available to all students and faculty, groups of curious students and staff were invited to a mock registration to try out the new system. It was conducted in the Building B computer lab. The students and staff watched a brief tutorial on how to use […]

Set to bring NEIU influence to Model Illinois Government, student Al Cordero won the Governor’s seat for 2008-2009. Model Illinois Government (MIG) is a state-wide, student operated organization which coordinates and manages the annual governmental simulation. Along with Cordero, the NEIU delegation brought home the Secretary of State, Comptroller and […]

President Sharon Hahs did something that was unprecedented at NEIU; she conducted an open forum with students to hear about their concerns and shed some light on certain issues. On March 4, President Hahs hosted a student Town Hall meeting in Alumni Hall. She opened by telling the audience she […]

Outside the Student Union on March 13, many witnessed the Campus Anti-War Network NEIU chapter looking for support for a larger anti-war rally that took place on March 19, at Federal Plaza in Chicago’s Loop. The war in Iraq is in its fifth year and is still on the minds […]

First we smashed, then we melee’d and now we get to brawl. Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii is Nintendo’s latest incarnation of the popular series. Super Smash Bros. Melee was the Gamecube’s best selling game, so Brawl had a lot of hype to live up to. Thankfully, it […]

Atlas Sound is the brand new, entirely solo debut of Deerhunter frontman/musical rebel Bradford Cox. In Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel, listeners get an auditory meditation of ambient, memory-evoking soundscapes. For essentially a homespun, Atlanta bedroom album, this is one of the most subtlety […]