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Month: September 2010
Fall Into Fun Week Kick-Starts the Fall Semester
The 17th Annual Fall into Fun Week is one of the most exciting events for students. This event came at a great time, surely. The new freshman and returning students saw the opportunity as a well deserved break. After a fun filled summer break, students are working hard to get […]
Silence Equals Death: NEIU GLBTQA Hosts Filmmaker Roger Goodman
The NEIU community can look forward to a night of insight, reality and dialogue around the AIDS epidemic in Chicago during the 1970s and 1980s. The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Allies (GLBTQA) will host a screening and lecture on “From the Ashes Risen” – a story of ten […]
New Staff Spotlight: Dr. Wilfredo Alvarez
Universities such as NEIU take pride in developing and encouraging an actively diverse campus culture, which adds to the extracurricular and academic experience. Such an endeavor can be felt through students, faculty and staff where personal experiences merge with relationships. A new addition to the Communications, Media and Theatre Department […]
Who to Know and Where to go – Scholarship Office
Going to college in this age is a dangerously expensive thing. But, whether you are aware of it or not, there is relief from these expenses. Northeastern has a scholarships office that is bursting with financial opportunity. The Office of Scholarships gives students the chance to be recognized and endorsed […]
What Is the Amistad Legislation and Why Does It Matter?
When faced with the challenges of Chicago’s public educational system, many people think that it may be beneficial to revamp curriculum to include the tenets of black studies. The solution to the problem of the exclusion of many significant experiences of African-American people does not have to be a difficult […]
¡Viva flamenco! Providing skills that can help pay the bills
Parents waited anxiously in the hallway as their young dancers could be heard rhythmically stomping their feet, clapping their hands and keeping the beat to up-tempo flamenco music for the Ensemble Español Youth Company’s annual auditions. Northeastern Illinois University’s award-winning flamenco dance company hosted the auditions on Thursday, Sept. 16 […]
Out on a School Night: Beat the chilly weather with traditional gourmet empanadas at Lito’s
Empanadas are a cultural staple of any Latino country. In essence, they are dough wrapped around a recipe of toppings, and either fried or baked. Its variations can be seen inhabiting other cultures, such as the pierogi, and within Latino cultures, each nation adds their own twist to the original. […]
“The Last Exorcism” slightly redeems Eli Roth as a producer
Eli Roth is one of those directors/producers that makes quite a few people just cringe when they hear he’s working behind the camera in any capacity. “The Last Excorcism” is one of those movies where, if it didn’t grab your attention, you just cringed or laughed when you saw the […]
“The Strain” book review: returning to better vampiric days
Guillermo del Toro is a bit of an insane genius when it comes to dark fantasy horror stories. Chuck Hogan is a bit of a toss up as a novelist even though he is a strong writer. “The Strain,” the first book in a trilogy to be finished in 2011, […]