Northeastern Illinois University has made much progress on meeting goals that were set a year ago according to President Sharon Hahs in her State of the University Address on Sept. 24.Hahs explained in her address how NEIU has progressed in meeting the six strategic goals of the Strategic Plan Initiative, […]

#8220;Power concedes nothing without a demand,” said panelist DJ Wells, Director of Public Relations and Marketing at the University of Illinois at Chicago. “Storming the Gates: The Struggle for Access to Higher Education in Illinois,” a documentary about the beginnings of how minority groups, particularly Latino and African-Americans, gained access […]

The Justice Studies Department hosted an event titled “The Dirty War in Mexico: Militants, Guerrilleros, and Disappeared Political Prisoners” on Sept. 23.  The event was co-sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, the Latino and Latin American Studies Program, and NEIU’s Academic Development.  The event was presented in […]

Interested in working for a federal organization? Given Northeastern Illinois University’s status as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) now offers the Hispanic-Serving Institutions National Program (HSINP) at NEIU.  HSINP supports the continued advancement of Hispanics in higher education by offering scholarships, internships and sponsorships to […]

Plans are underway for the proposed Education building, which will be used to house new classrooms and offices that will be geared toward the needs of the College of Education. Dean of the College of Education Maureen Gillette said that the new building would directly affect other members of the […]

As we have been preparing for the new school year here at Northeastern, a storm is brewing downstate that will come to a head in the next few weeks. For the current school year, the Illinois Monetary Award Program (MAP) has been cut in half by the Governor and the […]

Regarding the religious group of the Mission Baptist Church that appeared on campus with signs saying, “Ask me why you deserve to go to hell?”–an event reported in the Independent (Sept. 15, 2009).  I want to tell them why, I think, I especially deserve to go to hell. Their presence […]

From Sept. 9-11, the campus north of Northeastern’s Physical Complex resembled that of a Native American ground: a fire was lit and surrounded by a large circle of chairs, with brightly colored flags hanging high around a welcoming atmosphere. NEIU’s Peace Connection, whose committee members include dedicated staff and community […]

I couldn’t believe it when my MAP Grant for the Spring 2009 was dropped. I didn’t know how to react. Since I’ve been paying tuition fees for last summer as well as for last spring on my own, I don’t think I should cry out loud. At the same time […]

My back hurts. A lot. All the time. While I have put the lumbar portion of my spinal cord through much abuse in life, right at this point in time I am blaming this pain on physics and psychology. (I think…) that the matter and energy of my vertebrae, the […]