Super Bowl talk is already in the air for Chicago Bears fans. The enthusiasm is not without warranty, for the Bears have made some key additions to their team and also have star quarterback Jay Cutler and premiere workhorse running back Matt Forte both back and healthy. The Bears […]
Month: September 2012
Not a “Prayer” Room
The official name is the “Reflection and Meditation Space.” Student Union Room 219 will henceforth be known as such and will be open during the hours of the Student Union. This room will be strictly for quiet reflection and meditation. It is not to be used for any group […]
Tom Cruise and the Price of Scientology
A few weeks ago in a reality far, far away, Tom Cruise was staring at his third set of divorce papers in 12 years. Normally this would be immediately filed under “who cares?” but some interesting rumors have been regurgitated from the acid indigestion that is Hollywood gossip. Reports […]
Renegade Craft Fair
Artists and beer lovers overran Chicago’s Wicker Park the weekend of Sept. 8, 2012with colors, crafts and kitsch. The Renegade Craft Fair (RCF), an open-air market of modern independent arts and crafts, was in full swing when it was infiltrated by an unrelated but simultaneously running zombie pub crawl, […]
Excursion to Spain
The Ensemble Espanol Spanish Dance Youth Company, whose home base is here at Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU), had the incredible once-in-a lifetime experience of traveling to Spain to study flamenco dancing with Carmela Greco, known as the “soul of flamenco,” as well as with other prominent instructors. The dance […]
Fresh, Hot, and Just Down the Block
Pizza is the stereotypical staple of a college student’s diet. Why this is true is uncertain, but it is certainly convenient that near most colleges there are at least a few big name and mom-n-pop pizza parlors that deliver to the campus. Safe to say, the same is true […]
Norah Jones – Little Broken Heart
“Would you please let me go now?” is the plea of Grammy-winning songstress Norah Jones to her ex-lover in her fifth studio album, “Little Broken Hearts.” Breakups are painful when they are least expected. Jones’ fifth album has a somber and personal feeling like a journal she wrote after […]
Movie
Let The Right One In (2008, Sweden) A Seperation (2011, Iran) Love Crime (2010, France) Chronicle (2011, US, Independent) The Loved Ones (2009 Australia)
Bird Flu
Greenberg, Matthew – Assistant Sports Editor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0 Gangnam Style by PSY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0DfaMSFysM Nature Town: Attack of the Sloth by Rooster TeethShows Christos Liardakis – Opinions Editor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9TXVMkQ29g
Student Activities Office Transitions to Student Leadership and Development Office
For students, a new school year comes with new faces and new changes. The Student Leadership and Development (SLD) office also experiences the same changes we face. This year, not only have they gone from being the Student Activities office to the new Student Leadership and Development office, but […]