NEIU’s own .:.SEEDS.:. Literary Arts Journal is known around campus as an up-and-coming star and as a bastion of exciting ideas and free thinkers, so when the flyers started appearing on campus promoting a .:.SEEDS.:. 80’s Prom fundraiser, people jumped at the chance to be at one of the […]

May is right around the corner and Chicago will be welcoming the G8 and NATO summits May 19-21 but the question that lingers will be, is everyone going to welcome this as a great monumental event for the city of Chicago? The simple answer is no, Emanuel’s own city leaders have felt […]

Ironically, human rights” and “civil rights” are often times mistaken for having the same meaning and are used interchangeably. Usually, the term “civil rights” is associated with the Black Power Movement of the early 1950s through the 1970s. The term “human rights” has a connotation with the negative catastrophic effects on […]

MTVU is a channel that Viacom created to extend the reach of its artists and advertisers into the hearts and minds of college students. It is the Student Union’s one and only choice for entertainment on four different 42″ flat screen TVs in the downstairs cafeteria. It broadcasts throughout the […]

The fight for Republican nomination has been one of uncertainty, with each state election a new candidate jumps ahead, only to fall behind again.  The Republican field has been narrowed down to four candidates but even with the narrowing of the field, the Republican Party is still having trouble […]

Many of us have classes, work and other responsibilities to attend to, but it is important to schedule some quality work out time. A regular workout routine may be nice but the monotony of typical cardio or the treadmill may decrease a person’s motivation to work out over time. If […]

The term “image” is kind of broad and almost specific term at the same time, of course that all depends on how you look at it. “Image” is something you always hear about, like “Oh, don’t they know that doing this will give them a bad image,” but what […]

Katrina Bell-Jordan is currently the Department Chair for the CMT department at NEIU. She has been at NEIU for almost 15 years and has taught numerous courses in the CMT department ranging from the 100 to 400 level. However, when asked about her career, Bell-Jordan will smile warmly and tell […]

The opening scene of Real Women Have Curves depicts a diligent young Ana Garcia, played by actress America Ferrero, hard at work before school, washing her windows. We get views of Latino laborers loading trucks to leave for work and many of the Latinas doing the same while caring […]

Independent staff members visited Seattle, WA for the 28th Annual ACP conference during the first weekend in March 2012. Staffers had an opportunity to meet and greet hundreds of other college writers, and professionals in the field of journalism, such as, Cheryl Phillips of The Seattle Times and Meredith Birkett […]