The Women’s Studies Program of NEIU encouraged women to celebrate themselves by inviting students and staff to the “Sex is Good Workshop” on Tuesday, March 29, to top off Women’s History Month. Serah Deysach, from Early to Bed, gave a seminar on how sex is different for women than it […]
Month: April 2011
A Woman’s Worth: Conference and Celebration
Conference attendees at the Woman’s Worth Conference on March 30, sponsored by Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., were treated to an array of seminars designed to affirm the body and renew the spirit of the women of NEIU’s community. Kimberly D. Everett, Director African American Resource Center, provided the […]
UGC Greek Week Roundup
The United Greek Council (UGC) arranged fun events like Greek Jeopardy, Greek Athletes, and Greek Talent Show performances during Greek Week. The sisters and brothers of all the major Greek fraternities attended the Jeopardy game, where categories of questions included: history of Greek fraternites, Greek pop culture, movies, TV […]
Mindless TV?: Jennifer L. Pozner not buying it
Jennifer L. Pozner, over the span of a year, watched more reality television than she cares to remember. In her discussion entitled Project Brainwash: Why Reality TV is Bad for Women, on Monday, April 4 – she asserts that misogyny is in the DNA of reality television. “My goal […]
Unresolved issue between faculty and administration leads student to hunger strike
Like many students at Northeastern Illinois University, Daniel McCracken cannot understand why negotiations for a fair contract between administrators and UPI members are still being debated after nearly three years. However, unlike most sign-wielding protesters, McCracken decided to take his activism a step further by going on a hunger […]
Left-Right Politics – Deadlocked Policies
Where exactly is the middle ground? Is it possible to ever find it? In our political system, we have two sides in a constant dispute over the best policy for the American people. The Left argues with the Right, the Conservatives dispute with the Liberals, and Republicans and Democrats […]
Get Your Garden On: Planting
Now that your garden bed is tilled, loamy, level and ready to go, you are set to start planting. We will now go over how to plant the two staples of any garden: tomatoes and peppers. If it has rained since you tilled and leveled your bed, you are […]
Bad Business Protocol in Our Modern Era = Doesn’t Compute
What happened to the days when a small “ma and pa” shop existed where you could ask questions while getting straightforward answers which included eye contact and an authentic thank you? Do you remember a time when you could actually find a friendly cashier to ring up your sale, […]
Quality highway requires attention and hard work!
Imagine a highway (I-94). A nice, dark asphalt or concrete road shines under sunny weather, its bleak under gloomy conditions, and it cracks under smashing winds, snow and too much salt. We keep repairing it every summer, or sometimes (in a few years) we decide to execute a full […]
“King Lives”: A Personal Reflection on the Modern Impact of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Legacy
On Monday, April 4th, 2011, America celebrates a legacy of a constant struggle for social equality, peace, love and justice with the 43rd anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination. When I think of Dr. King, I think of truly loving your enemies. King was not a man of […]