“The Girl with the Dragon Tat- too” book trilogy and movies have resonated well in American pop culture. With modern characters and ideas, the stories are engaging, effective, and unrestricted, especially when disturbed protagonist Lisbeth Salander participates in a grind-house style revenge scene that speaks to all sexually mistreated […]

  Homeland is a collection of stories from undocumented immigrants in the United States. All the stories are moving on their own, but the young actors acting them out give life and power to these stories. The stories are all different and highlight a different struggle for undocumented immigrants, such […]

  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 […]

Northeastern Illinois University boasts an organization that has been promoting green-mindedness, known on campus as the Green Cycle Group (GCG). They have done some noteworthy things like implementing the changeover to more energy saving campus lighting systems, and getting the grounds department to drive around in energy efficient and less […]

  Kony 2012, the viral video directed by the Invisible Children Inc. co-founder Jason Russell, is getting a lot of attention nowadays, and thanks to social networking and video sharing sites, Joseph Kony, the leader of Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has become a reviled household name. The video showcases the […]

  As the Rubber Man stalks through the ominous mansion, he is avoiding comparisons but still conjuring up images of Green Man. The audience of the new TV series “American Horror Story” is bewildered in their realization that ghosts possess the ability to work themselves tangibly against and interact with […]

The NEIU Police Department (NEIUPD) arrested 53-year old Scott McClendon on March 5 outside the Ronald Williams Library after he was caught on surveillance stealing wallets from students’ bags. The NEIUPD turned McClendon over to the Northwestern University Police where he had an outstanding warrant for similar activity. McClendon was […]

  It’s fascinating, the questions I get from women when it comes to food. From “what can I make in 10 min tonight” to “I have 20 bucks for dinner chef…what can I make?” I have always have had a simple approach to food, but I always try to look […]

  In fitness circles these days, it is not uncommon to hear the term, “spot-reduction.” For those of you who haven’t, spot-reduction is a term pertaining to fat loss. It is an alleged method of reducing the amount of fatty tissue in a specific, isolated area of the body, such […]

  Embellishing the history of an already dynamic and immense man by way of fiction may seem like a simple task. When the subject is Abraham Lincoln, a figure so cherished in our past, such a feat appears needless-unless vampires are involved.  The average citizen’s image of Lincoln is already […]