Family, students and staff filled the seats of NEIU’s auditorium for Thursday’s opening of the Italian opera “La Bohème,” a school production directed by Sasha Gerritson and conducted by Michael Melton. The devoted relationship between Rodolfo (played by Aldo Perrelli) and Mimi (played by Christina Chakos-Kaloyanides) was displayed throughout the […]

Presented for stage by NEIU’s Stage Center Theatre, “A Tale of Two Cities” portrays a major period of French history and employs a lot of action and specific settings. Charles Dickens himself wanted to emphasize on this, rather than on the characters, but on April 17, NEIU’s actors brought this […]

Money was raised for the Haiti relief effort by the Northeastern Programming Board (NPB) on Friday, April 16. Held in the Alumni Hall, Hip Hop for Haiti comprised of rappers, break-dancers, body painting and various other forms of entartainment. The event successfully raised roughly $1000 for charity and everyone that […]

Think runway show at its core; the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Alliance’s (GLBTA) 2nd Annual Drag Show was the epitome of style, diversity and “ferociousness.” Irrespective of designer clothes, shoes; NEIU’s very own GLBTA found a way to keep true to the message they convey, and successfully produced yet another amazing […]

Weight Watchers’ POINTS Value: 7Servings: 8Preperation Time: 12 minCooking Time: 22 minLevel of Difficulty: Easy Lean ground turkey and Parmigiano-Reggiano make for slimmed down subs with big flavor Ingredients 1 pound(s) lean ground turkey 1/2 cup(s) seasoned bread crumbs, Italian-flavor 1/4 cup(s) grated Parmesan cheese, such as Parmigiano-Reggiano 1 large […]

Now that the weather is getting warm and summer is just around the corner, many Chicagoans are looking for things to do. While hopping on a plane and going to a popular vacation spot like Miami or San Diego may sound nice, there is no reason Chicagoans should have to […]

#8220;Poland is not yet lost while we live.” The first sentence of the Polish national anthem summarizes what strength the Polish people have shown since Apr. 10, 2010, now referred to as “Black Saturday”. The plane crash in Smolensk, Russia resulted in 96 victims, one of them being Poland’s president, […]

Alpha Psi Lambda: Associate Member Pledge Dance Every semester there is a pledge line, Alpha Psi Lambda holds a large celebration. This celebration, called the Associate Member Pledge Dance, allows Alpha Psi Lambda to show off their current associate members. Held in the small gym of the Campus Recreation building, […]

Lets face it moving sucks. Everything about moving sucks; packing, renting a truck, hiring movers, unpacking and the biggie finding a home. Young people generally begin independent living by means of renting an apartment or condo. Stress and anxiety levels rise at the mere idea of searching for a new […]

#8220;Kick-Ass” is a movie based off the ultra-violent comic series of the same name. The premise of the movie is simple: kid reads comics, kid sees everyday wrongdoings, kid makes logical connection between the two, kid creates a superhero persona to fight crime. The “kid” is none other than your […]