Earth Day Events and Happenings On-Off Campus ON CAMPUS Student Exhibit Geology, Resources, and Environment (ESCI 123 section 3) April 17th   Green Cycle Group Check out Earth Day related events around campus For more information, visit their website http://www.neiu.edu/~gcgroup/             •           Planting trees around campus on April 20th             […]

    It was around 7:46pm on Mon- day, March 19, when Arctic Mon- keys lead singer Alex Turner used both hands to slick back the sides of his James Dean hair cut and articulated how good it felt to be playing in “Chi-town” – emphasis on the “Chi” with […]

  Orwell always had a knack for examining the current, and maybe more importantly, the forthcoming status quo. As the author of indispensable works like 1984 and Animal Farm, Orwell became a household name during the mid 20th century, and ‘Orwellian’ became a common term utilized to describe any insidiously […]

  Author Yiyun Li presents a new collection of stories highlighting different aspects of that species-unique phrase, the human condition. Raised during China’s Communist movement, Li brings a fresh perspective on people who lived through an era often bereft of the subtleties of the human experience because of the Communist […]

    The film Green Fire, is about Aldo Leopold’s life and the way he influenced ideas of ecology, forestry and the environment, was shown at NEIU almost 6 months ago, on Nov. 14, 2011. Although Leopold passed away in 1948, the film communicates a sincere understanding of who Aldo […]

  People You Should Know – Dr. Bullard, Environmental Activist Robert D. Bullard is the Dean of the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas. He is often described as the father of environmental justice. Professor Bullard received his Ph.D. degree from Iowa […]

  The smell of fresh cut grass, along with the sounds of batted balls being hit tells us that it is springtime, otherwise known as “Baseball Season.” In the African-American community, baseball has a long and celebrated history, as it was the sport that we, as a group of people, […]