Month: March 2012

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The Feminist Collective Presents: The President’s Pen

  Nergal Malham is a second-year student and the president of the Feminist Collective. She has been active in the club since her first year at Northeastern. She also works on campus as a First Year Experience Peer Mentor. She spends most of her time sleeping, filing paperwork, and insisting […]

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Delegate Allocation – The Republican Primaries March On

  This year’s Republican primary has been a very long road for the candidates. The media has been following the race very closely and has put great attention on the state elections. But what must be noted is that the winner of the state elections is not the all-important factor. […]

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Blown Away by NEIU’s Music Department

  To hear great pieces of music performed by excellent musicians, one does not have to go to see the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The NEIU Wind Ensemble and NEIU Varsity Big Band concert on Thurs- day, March 1st was not only satisfactory, but remarkable. The evening was divided into two […]

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A Taste of Spanish Brass at NEIU

  NEIU hosted the fourth annual Chicago Brass Festival from March 9 – 10, bringing brass- lovers together from around Chicagoland to celebrate with exhibitions of local talent, master classes, and performances by some of the behemoths of brass. The performances kicked off on Friday with a show by world-renowned […]

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Supporting Dreams through Leadership at NEIU

  Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) hosted the Second Annual Latino Student Leadership Conference, Apoyando Los Sueños [Supporting Dreams] on Saturday March 10. The conference started off with an expo in Village Square of all the organizations involved in the conference with an accompanying complimentary breakfast. After the expo, everyone was […]

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Three Women: Three Narratives

  For the month of March, students, Jacqueline Hochbaum, Milena Milo, and Junghee Lee’s artwork is on display in the Student Union. The installation, entitled Three Women: Three Narratives, will run until the end of March. Curator, Maria Carbonell Serafin of the Student Union – along with Jason Demma, Student […]

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Eliminating Injustice Everywhere According to Efrain Montalvo

     Efrain Montalvo is more than a participant for the disadvantaged youth; he is an activist for the Immigration Rights Movement. This movement helps the general public voice their opinions on racism towards immigrants and their opposition towards the rights of refugees.   In the recent interview with the Independent, […]

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International Business Conference

  This year’s International Business Conference (IBC) focused on Asia Pacific, which consisted of 14 sessions, including a closing keynote presentation from the Book Per Semester The Art of War- Spirituality for Conflict”: Annotated and Explained by Thomas Huynh. IBC has been a successful conference at Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU). […]

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Creating Grassroots Education Forum

  “The Creating Grassroots Education Forum creates a space for Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) students, who want to become teachers, to engage with professional educators who practice a social justice philosophy in their everyday job,” Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Development Gabriel Alejandro Cortez, Ph.D. said.  On March 10, […]

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Hunger Games – Movie Review

  The Hunger Games seems to be one of the most anticipated movies of this year, probably because this futurist story is based on a novel written by Suzanne Collins. After an apocalyptic war in what used to be America, a new country emerges called Panem. The capital is full […]