Imagine a play set in present-day northern Mexico, inspired by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard and you have El Nogalar-something intriguing, if not thought provoking, written by Mexican-border-born Tanya Saracho. The resemblance between both plays is the theme of the despair suffered by a dwindling aristocracy, given […]
Month: May 2011
Get Your Garden On: Maintenance
Now that you are prepared to plant your garden successfully, here are a few quick upkeep tips that will help keep you busy over summer break. The two activities of focus here are weeding and hoeing (knowing my generation, I am sure some of you are snickering at this […]
Images of a Broken City
Whenever the subject of Gary, Indiana comes up, there seem to be several different reactions. Many people are judgmental, and talk about how scary the city is, and how dangerous the people are. Instances like the two bodies that were recently found in a pile of manure on a farm […]
Students for Justice In Palestine Attempts to Break Barriers
Palestine is one of today’s hottest topics, as it incites passionate responses from both sides of the political spectrum, and from April 19 to April 21, the issue made itself present at Northeastern Illinois University in the Student Union. Flyers, groups of students clad in t-shirts or yelling are […]
Why is Sony so Reluctant to Release Security Breach Details?
As anybody who’s tried to connect their Playstation 3’s to Playstation Network in the last week knows, PSN is currently down, and has been so for over a week now. With any luck, by the time you read this the servers will be repaired (the target date is Tuesday, […]
U-Pass, Finally at NEIU
The U-Pass received a startling amount of support in fall of 2010 for the SGA student referendum, and in spring 2011, the Board of Trustees (BOT) put a halt on the passing of the FY2011 budget thus putting a halt on the passing of U-Pass. However, on April 20, […]
Zac’s Coffee Quest: Fritz Pastry
There is something that feels “real” (for a lack of better terms) when you get a quality place that is far from the El, Lincoln, Clark, Milwaukee stops, etc. A place that takes you a few minutes to walk to, and is relatively low key enough to work without […]
Portal 2: As Close to Required Gaming as You Can Come
It is extremely difficult to make a good sequel. The expectations that come from following up a beloved title cannot even compare to the challenge of presenting a sufficiently different experience that can bring in new blood while satisfying the critical eyes of the hardcore fans. Needless to say, […]
North By Northeastern – Video/Media Festival
NEIU Department of Communication, Media and Theater presented, “North by Northeastern – Video/ Media Festival,” in the Stage Centre Theater, organized by CMT Department’s Professor Cynthia Moran, with assistance by Anna Antaramian, Katrina Bell-Jordan, and Anna Cannova. The technical assistance was provided by Jim Henning, Steve Searle, John Miller, […]
Healthy, Quick, Budget-friendly Recipes
A Hummus Among Us There is nothing quite as simple, cheap and delicious as a batch of homemade hummus. A complete source of protein when combined with bread such as pita, hummus is also rich in iron, vitamin C, as well as vitamin B6 and folate—not to mention a […]