Meeting new people and making new friends is an important aspect of college, but how easy is it? Certainly one’s willingness to be social and meet new people is an important factor. However, shouldn’t the school take some responsibility as well? Schools are charged with the responsibility of helping freshmen […]

Over the past few weeks, heated argument has stirred up over the health care issue with the public option becoming the prominent object of debate.  The public option is not an overhaul of the system, but rather a separate insurance entity to be created to compete with the already established […]

American’s deserve a better health care system than the one that is available right now. According to The New England Journal of Medicine, over 45 million Americans are currently uninsured. Nearly 29 percent of those between the age of 18 and 24 are without health insurance. The United States is […]

When a 40-year-old merchant received his first revelation from God in the caves of Mecca during a specific month, both man and the month became agents of a beautiful divine intention. The man chosen by the God was Muhammad Mustafa and the month was Ramzan (Ramadan). Ramzan-ul-Kareem celebrates the revelation […]

Question: What is the difference between a social and professional fraternity?Fraternity is the Latin word for brotherhood. Both are organizations that are composed of a group of people with similar interests, academic institution or major. Both work toward the betterment of their members and usually have a common goal. Social […]

It may seem like there are not enough environmental initiatives happening on campus, but in fact, there is a very active community of students, faculty and staff working to make NEIU have a slightly smaller ecological footprint in the future than it did in the past or even does now. […]

It’s not hard for the karaoke enthusiast to find a place to do their best Queen rendition on any given night.  Plenty of Chicago bars offer karaoke once or twice a week, but the karaoke-goer must often put up with dismal song selection, rude or otherwise uninvolved crowds and old-man-bar […]

As some of you may have noticed, NEIU’s Book Exchange recently went through an upgrade. And it’s about time! Not only does the new Book Exchange have its own search capability, but students can also delete their own posts!  Originally started by the 2008-2009 Student Government Association (SGA), the NEIU […]

Weblogs come in many shapes and sizes. Some are filled with useful information and some are more personal to the author. Some are updated regularly and some look like the author dropped off the face of the earth. There are many that cater to prospective and current college students. Here […]

Does earning $10 for 10 minutes sound too good to be true? Normally, you would be right, but not today. Nope, no typos here: this semester, up to 200 NEIU students can receive a $10 gift card for 10 minutes of their time. For the next 10 weeks, Microsoft is […]