Oscar season is upon us; it is time for the Academy to look back on its achievements this past year, and pat itself on the back. However, there is always a discrepancy between what the fans (and sometimes the critics) want and what the Academy deems to be the best […]
Month: February 2011
Anime Club Game Night
The Anime Club’s bi-monthly Game Night was held in SU- 003 on the evening of Jan. 21; the selection of games included BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, Halo Reach, as well as card games like Dragon Shield, Magic, and UNO. “Game night is one of the events [that’s] free for NEIU students—everybody […]
Eh nihilo nihil fit! Or Nothing comes from nothing; everything has its origins!
Another year has started with hopes for a better future. However, NEIU faculty and students are still not confident what 2011 will offer them. Negotiations over the faculty’s new contract are still in progress, and no confidence votes in the president and the provost carry confusion and distress. […]
Tunisia’s “Electronic Revolution”
Tunisia’s appearance in the headline of the New York Times in January may have welcomed it to world politics and rebranded the conceptions Westerners have learned towards the Arab world. But to those versed in the region’s modern history, socioeconomic reality and Tunisia’s remarkable circumstances, the popular removal of Tunisia’s […]
Masters of Disaster Are Back! Why?
After holding the presidency for eight years and controlling both houses of Congress for four of those eight years, the Republican Party by 2008 had effectively lead this nation into the worst economic recession since the Great Depression, and started one absolutely needless war while mismanaging another costing this country […]
The Life & Legacy of Dr. Ronald McNair
Continuing astronaut Ronald McNair’s legacy of scholarship and involvement in higher education, NEIU participates in the federally funded Ronald McNair Scholars Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program. The purpose of the program is to prepare low-income, first generation and minority undergraduates for graduate study to increase the number of such students who complete […]
The College of Education Hosts “Race to Nowhere”
In an age where students are pushed to the brink by their parents’ high expectations for achievement, consequences arise in alarming ways: suicide, demanding schedules, and academic dishonesty—all resulting in calloused young people who just don’t care. The College of Education hosted the viewing of Race to Nowhere, a controversial […]
Chicago’s Mayoral Election: Candidates and Issues
Since the announcement by Mayor Richard M. Daley that he would not be seeking another term, the stories that have followed by most media outlets consistently beg the question, who would be taking his place? Now with the election coming up on February 22, the final list of candidates has […]
Bollywood Crash Course Comes to NEIU
This semester the 16th Annual Asian American Heritage conference is bringing its students a wonderful opportunity to experience and engage themselves in these beautiful dances. The students have a chance to witness an aspect of the wondrous culture of India. The dances are meant to be fun and easy to […]
Asado Coffee Co: the best cup of Jose in Lakevie
Lakeview is a Mecca for coffee shops, since both Clark and Lincoln have a Starbucks every half a mile (along with an independent coffee shop at the same ratio). When often we think of an independent coffee house, we think of the image of exposed brick, worn books on a […]