With bus fares starting as low as $1, Megabus is one way to travel on a budget. Megabus.com describes its company as “a non-stop inter-city express bus company that offers fares to travelers as low as $1, via the internet.” The Megabus makes daily trips to and from Chicago to […]

NEIU’s Running Club is hosting the first ever Golden Eagle 5K Run on Sunday, April 13. Runners of all levels are encouraged to participate. With the spring semester coming to an end, Running Club wants to get the NEIU community together for one last event. The 3.1-mile race will kick-off […]

They stare vacantly at us from the sidewalk in the cold with cups in their hands as we drive by in our nice warm vehicles. As we leave the grocery store or the bank with cash in our pockets, we try to ignore them, but it’s difficult because something inside […]

A year ago, March 30, 2007, Ely Liebow passed away. Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) faculty, staff and students joined the family in mourning his passing, as he touched many lives and enriched them all. Ely Liebow’s wife of 57 years, three daughters and two granddaughters will miss him most of […]

There are many benefits to starting a running program. Running is relatively inexpensive and can be done almost anywhere. It is a great way to enhance your cardiovascular health and it can be fun. For the true beginner, someone that has never run for exercise or has not run consistently […]

Every so often, the country debates sexual orientation discrimination, same-sex marriages and the like. In 1971, psychologist George Weinberg coined the term ‘homophobia.’ He used the Greek words ‘homo’ for ‘same,’ and ‘phobia,’ meaning ‘fear.’ Therefore, humans who suffer homophobia are ‘afraid of the same.’ Though most individuals will agree […]

Tom Clancy, best-selling novelist and mastermind of various video games, has hit gold with yet another game/novel combo. EndWar hopes to be the future of real-time strategy (RTS) games. The book is a chilling play-by-play based off of an entirely possible scenario. The game is going to be like one […]

If 10,000 B.C. is a movie you have your heart set on seeing, then there is no doubt you will want to see it on the big screen. In fact, if fantastical movies are your standard fare, or spectacular CGI effects are a must-see, then this movie should be on […]

Beyond the passable acting, there is little to recommend in Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation, which takes its name from the 1984 Tom Hanks vehicle. The uneven, low-brow script (with a fair amount of improvisation, according to first-time director/writer James Ryan) is predictable and not as humorous as it […]

You’ve heard of vegans, but what about freegans? The concept of freeganism has been widely talked about in the news lately on such programs as Oprah and The Colbert Report, but how much do you really know about it? The term freegan is devised from the words ‘free’ and ‘vegan.’ […]