It’s seven o’clock on Oct. 2, 2009 and from a distance the campus seems quiet. As you enter the Fine Arts building, you can hear good conversation coming from the second floor. As you walk up the stairs and enter the Upper Gallery, you are greeted by a crowd; some […]

On the road, Broken Lizard has returned to their roots. The comedy sketch group Broken Lizard is performing live as they tour 50 cities across America to promote their soon to be released feature film “The Slammin’ Salmon.” Broken Lizard was founded at Colgate University as a sketch comedy group, […]

Halloween used to be about scaring the daylights out of the real monsters by pretending to be one yourself. The holiday has grown quite a bit since those early pagan times. Still, I like to think of it as a day best enjoyed with a little old-fashioned creativity. Making your […]

It was cold and raining, however, that did not stop environmentalists from getting soaked and dirty. As part of NEIU’s Green Week, students and faculty volunteered to meet at Kiwanis Park on Friday, Oct. 9 at 10 a.m. to help clean up the park. The event was planned by Dr. […]

Imagine walking through a hallway laughing and having fun with one of your friends when all of a sudden you hear a gong chime. Gong! Gong! Gong! Every 10 seconds that the gong is rung a woman is being abused.  In continuing celebrating awareness for sexual abuse and domestic violence, […]

 The 15th Annual Equity in Action Conference kicked off on Oct. 13 with a presentation on immigration and comprehensive immigration reform by Congressman Mike Quigley, who represents the 5th district which includes NEIU.  The conference’s theme throughout its three day duration was “Immigration and Social Justice.”   As President Sharon Hahs […]

Halloween is the time of the year where people get to be someone or something that they typically are not every day. Traditionally, people have dressed up as ghosts, goblins, ghouls, werewolves or other similar monsters and ghastly figures. Spooky and frightful were the themes.Popular culture has drastically influenced Halloween […]

Punk, hard techno and electro were just a few of the sounds that filled Reggie’s Rock Club as NEIU’s own 88.3 WZRD kicked off its 35th Anniversary show on Oct. 9. Concert-goers began to flow in once the doors opened at 6 p.m.. Featuring local artists Right-Eye Rita, William Sides […]

A ceremony honoring former Polish President Lech Walesa, for whom Lech Walesa Hall was named, was held in the former Classroom Building as part of the two day Polish-American Conference. On Oct. 16 at 6 p.m. Vice President for Institutional Advancement Carla Knorowski opened the ceremony in Lech Walesa Hall […]

Greetings!  I hope your fall classes are continuing to go well, and that you are getting the support you need to be successful.   As I write this column, we have just returned from Lobby Day in Springfield.  Twenty-six students and six employees made the journey by bus to tell […]