Winter wear can be tricky. With all the necessities involved in keeping warm it can be hard to maintain a healthy level of personal style. But it is possible, folks! The key to maintaining your personality from underneath that puffy, fluffy (but warm) monstrosity is to accessorize! Gloves, scarves and […]
Month: December 2008
Beyond the veil of madness: The psychic strain
The Stir of Echoes franchise is an incredibly well-thought-out and well-researched set with a book and two movies. The film takes the sixth sense, and puts it into a universally personal view. The original Stir of Echoes film is based off of, what is arguably one of Richard Matheson’s finest […]
Love music? Here’s why
Oliver Sacks, a practicing physician and professor of neurology and psychiatry at Columbia University’s medical school, recently released his newest book. Musicophilia is a study into why people love music, or why they can’t seem to understand it. Sacks follows his standard style of writing, putting case studies in a […]
Diversional Discourse: If it makes you feel better
Bah humbug. Go on, say it out loud. Try it out in a few different voices and inflections. It’s fun. Bah humbug is a fun phrase, no matter how you say it. It might even make you feel better. You don’t have to mean it in the classic way, as […]
Latino(a) Cultural Center becoming a reality on NEIU campus
It appears there will soon be a Latino(a) Cultural and Resource Center on or nearby the NEIU campus. “After 20 years, the cultural center is becoming a reality,” according to Xavier Luis Burgos, Chief Editor & Designer of ‘Que Ondee Sola’ magazine. Union for Puerto Rican Students (UPRS) and ‘Que […]
Meet two vegetarians!
The Animal Rights Club, a new NEIU student group, is maintaining their momentum, as evidenced by their second bake sale and fundraiser held on Nov. 19, 2008 in Village Square. For sale or donation were healthful vegetarian samosas from the Indian Student Association, taffy apples donated from the Anthropos club, […]
Did you donate blood?
For a variety of reasons, donated blood is necessary. Accidents and organ transplants are just two examples that may require a person to receive blood from someone else. On Nov. 25, in Alumni Hall, FHP (Future Health Professionals) and SGA (Student Government Association) offered a blood drive for students at […]