I am honored to serve as the station manager at WZRD Chicago, 88.3 FM at NEIU, which has the distinction of being Chicago’s only freeform radio station. Freeform radio is a very special style of radio that requires at least 6 different genres be played during one time slot […]

Dr. Lance Williams, professor and Assistant Director of the Jacob C. Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies (CCICS) has utilized both street knowledge and book sense to pave the way for African American men and women all over Chicago – but especially in the Kenwood and Englewood communities. Dr. Williams, […]

The inventiveness of euphemisms used by commentators, journalists, and actors of our modern political stage in their discourse can amaze even the most politically savvy American citizen. For instance, take the phrase “rescue package.” What does one think of when one hears “rescue package?” Does one think of a […]

The new television show, “Smash” which premiered February 6th on NBC, is a musical drama which guarantees random outbursts into song numbers throughout the show. The plot is a very typical Broadway style story about a girl named Karen from a small town in Iowa who moved to New […]

It happens almost every day – I sit down in the cafeteria to munch my delicious Subway footlong Spicy Italian, and the television above my table starts blaring the most god-awful music.  I hate MTVU, and I would rather have the loud, abrasive MTVU music cycle removed and replaced […]

#8220;For the black community, what we first need to realize is that we’re still a chained people. You don’t go through 300 years of slavery, and then you’re alright. We need to stop trying to forget it. We need to understand where we are in the process of healing. […]

In the height of the Iraq War a bill was put into law under the title, National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), during the Bush Administration. The NDAA allocates predetermined spending to different parts of the military and spells out military boundaries as to where their authority starts and where […]

Established in 2006, the Lincoln Leadership Prize recognizes outstanding leaders in fields of government, business, science, journalism and the creative arts. This year, the award winner was Lech Walesa – an electrician by trade and a charismatic leader who founded the Solidarity movement in 1980, a man who helped […]

In a trend that has everyone involved apprehensive, faculty and students alike, enrollment is down at Northeastern Illinois University.  Despite tax-breaks and national support to encourage an amplified level of college graduates in the U.S., NEIU has succumbed to the ramifications of a slow economy, when compared to recent […]

Tensions are rising between Israel and Iran and the prospect of war is not far off. Considering the strong ties between the United States and Israel, many Americans are wondering if our affairs in the Middle East are coming to an end or just beginning. Add in the results […]