Hungry? This is certainly the time of year to celebrate food. No matter what your race, creed or country of origin, if you have been in the United States for any length of time you should have at least heard of the traditional Thanksgiving feast. Now, granted, every family that […]

Recently a new addition has been made to the Peace Garden. For those who don’t know the Peace Garden is outside the cafeteria. For being a fairly recent addition to the school atmosphere, there is an interesting history to this small place to hang out and think. In 2004, a […]

The door to Wojtek Wloch’s office is always open. Students come and go all day long. Unable to even address him formally as Mr. Wloch out of the comfortable environment he sets for students, they come to talk to him about all kinds of problems – personal issues, their plans, […]

Immigration rights, the two American wars and current U.S. economic policies were discussed by student and community groups. What made the event unique was the blending of student and community groups under one roof to discuss pertinent issues. The groups are uniting to bring about necessary change. Movimiento Cultural Latino […]

Watching the excitement with which my foreign friends followed the U.S. election, I often found myself naively asking, why do they care so much? They can’t even vote. But the reality is tha­t the precedent-breaking decision of Nov. 4 was anticipated world-wide. The world was watching and waiting to see […]

Barack Obama’s election on Nov. 4th made me so proud to be a part of this wonderful, open-minded, accepting nation and gave me so much hope for the future. Within 24 hours that pride in the good of America was reduced to shame when I found out that California voted […]

As the holiday season approaches, wish lists are bound to have one, two, or may be entirely compiled of, electronic gadgets. Laptops are always good sellers. For some reason, every college student throughout America feels compelled to own a laptop, as if this metal machinery is a right of passage […]

Black Caucus, a Northeastern Illinois University student group, provided free bus rides to and from Cahn Auditorium on Northwestern University’s campus on Nov. 7, 2008 to hear an address by Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, Jr. The bus was provided so that Northeastern students could support a student group presentation at […]

Much has been said lately about Barrack Obama’s speech on race in America. Yet, while the pundits and prognosticators ponder the meanings and implications of the Obama speech, the status quo remains. The ugly truth is that America is unwilling, or unable, to deal with the issue of race. America […]

Passing through Village Square between Oct. 20 and 24, you may have wondered, “What was the deal with the bells and whistles and the cardboard figures?” Although the display was colorful, the message was a grim one. The sounds and figures that were part of the event represented the victims […]