It’s easy to say that whoever hasn’t heard the 2009 summer anthem, “Good Girls Go Bad,” by Cobra Starship, featuring Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester, must believing under a rock or in a cave. The song, still playing on the radio now, hit number one on the iTunes charts within days […]

Beautiful Garbage, an exhibit by NEIU student Megan Pigoni, addresses the problem of the media providing “harmful conventions” to women that she says, “weigh heavily upon our self-esteem and confidence.”  Pigoni displays a horrifyingly tragic vogue scene where a mannequin suffocates under a pile of women’s magazines.  Depicting the compulsion […]

Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown came to NEIU on Friday Nov. 20 to teach a Master Class and provide feedback to student singers who performed his songs. The event was organized by NEIU music Professor Sasha Gerritson and the students were accompanied by music department accompanist Jane Henas-Keller. Brown […]

The North Pole is melting. The polar bears are losing their habitat. Also, if you believe prominent environmentalists like Al Gore, our planet is heating up so much that all life on earth is threatened; one thing that our university can do to make a difference in the face of […]

I grew up loving baseball and when October rolls around, I can smell the World Series. This year my favorite non-Chicago team returned to the place they belong. This World Series is incredibly intriguing. Only three times has a National League team repeated as the champion. Believe it or not, […]

The race to crown The Northeastern Illinois University’s flag football champions reached the finish line on Nov. 5. It was a classic photo finish as team Killer Biscuits squeaked out a victory against the Last Men Standing by the slimmest of margins. The final score was 21 to 20 and […]

With images of penguins dancing in my head, on Thursday, Nov. 12. I attended a “Field Trips Basics” workshop taught by Master of Science, Eleanor Hodack at the Shedd Aquarium.  I did this while multi-tasking as a future educator and present journalist with my secret agenda of viewing the new […]

Most college students are far too busy to concern themselves with anything but school. Most of us hold jobs, commute to school, and have obligations to our families and friends. These are just a few things we juggle as we try to find time to fit these into our schedules […]