What would you love more than bundling up in all eight of your winter layers, strapping on those huge boots and trudging through the latest foot of snow tomorrow morning? Oh that’s right… anything. We, as a city are all absolutely, irrevocably over winter. I can’t think of a person […]
Month: March 2009
Students, the economy and Obama: The cavalry to the rescue?
On Friday, Feb. 27, President Obama announced the most extensive changes to the Federal Student Aid system since the Higher Education Act was first passed in 1965. Could this be seen as the cavalry charge that saves the day? Proposed changes include raising the Pell Grant awards and indexing them […]
NEIU Grads have advantage over Ivy Leaguers
We’ve all heard the horror stories. An excited 20 something graduates from her fancy, private university only to be thrust into the cruel world where there are no jobs and her student loans are knocking at the door. She reluctantly moves back in with Mom and Dad, returns to her […]
Students face problems with Financial Aid Department
A growing trend within the student body of Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) seems to be having a negative outlook on the Financial Aid Office and its protocols. Out of 25 students asked, 12 had negative things to say, seven of them did not go through financial aid to pay for […]
MIG brings home success
The Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) Model Illinois Government (MIG) Club had another impressive performance at the 31st annual Model Illinois Government simulation convention, which was held on February 27 in Springfield, Illinois. Among the many members of the NEIU delegation, a few stood out amongst their peers. Third year MIG […]
Where do we get the right?
America has proclaimed for itself a moral and social standard that allows it to police the globe. However, aside from the progress we’ve made, we really have no right to hold ourselves to the bastion of hope that politicians claim we uphold. There are just too many problems here to […]
Budget cut for next year
Northeastern Illinois University will have to cut $1.1 million in spending in the fiscal year of 2009, which will cut back on certain programs, as well as facilities and equipment for NEIU. According to Vice President of Finance and Administration Mark Wilcockson, and the president’s report to the Board of […]
Voice of the Campus: We are not in high school anymore
Anyone who went to a public high school knows what a nightmare group projects are. Those projects tended to show exactly what kind of person you were. The perfectionist was the one who had to have everything go exactly right, and would invariably take over the entire project. The slacker […]
Independent wins second place in national competition
From February 26 through March 1, nine staff members of the Independent attended the Associated Collegiate Press National Journalism Convention in San Diego. Student newspapers from throughout the U. S. entered in the convention’s Best of Show contest within their appropriate categories. In the category of non-weekly four-year university newspaper, […]
Letter to the Editor: A Jewish Voice Against Zionism
You recently published a number of so-called “Jewish Voices” regarding Israel’s actions in Gaza. They hardly covered the spectrum of Jewish voices at NEIU and elsewhere and really should have been characterized as Zionist voices. Since my mother was a Jew, since I was raised a Jew and teach at […]