The NEIU chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans (SACNAS) is working hard to unite and promote collaboration between students of science, math and technology. SACNAS was founded in 1973 to support the efforts of people of both Hispanic and indigenous decent achieve more […]

  As part of the Love Your Body Day celebration The Women’s Resource Center and The African and African American Resource center, located in the Pedroso Center, held a discussion on the “Politics of Black Hair.” Four panelists, Dwan Buetow, Olivia Perlow, Tracy Barfield and Shantez Tolbut discussed their “hair […]

  In the Summer of 2012, NEIU students traveled to Argentina to study Spanish language and Latin American culture, and to Egypt to study Arab cultures.   For 2013, the Department of World Languages and Cultures is organizing three new study tours: Rome (March 16-24), Mexico (Guanajuato and Mexico City, June […]

  Things such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Linkedin have made it possible to connect to anyone at anyplace at any time, however the topic of social media being a help or hindrance was discussed at length at Northeastern Illinois University’s (NEIU) Empowerment through Technology (N.E.T.T.) Day. NEIU welcomed Amy […]

  NEIU’s annually-occuring ‘Take Back The Night’ event was hosted by the Feminist Collective on October 23. The event attracted so many participants that it was moved from SU 214 to the Golden Eagles Room. This year’s Take Back The Night had four guest speakers, who discussed topics such as […]

  Uncharted Books offers Logan Square a chance to venture into unknown waters for new reading material, literary functions and community events. Uncharted Books opened on January 13th, 2012.  Not even a year since opening their doors, the store’s quirky yet warm atmosphere has generated a lot of buzz. So […]

5 STARS   When one thinks of Halloween, images of pumpkins, vampires, candy, and colors of orange and black come to mind. Who would ever think to think of purgatory? Luckily Purgatorio: Wrathful Ashes by Righteous Ones gives music lovers a reason to want to be in music limbo. Righteous […]

  Songs detailed with the everlasting charm of two-headed dogs, aliens and demons in love are simply to be respected. Roky Erickson, with his thick tufts of matted hair and increasingly rotund build, is currently living a life nothing short of a blessing to his former self. The proclaimed pioneer […]

  5 STARS In an era of “found footage,” “ghosts caught on tape” and movies like the Paranormal Activity series that bore a datable ‘scary movie’ tag, nobody is taking the horror genre seriously. In 2012, not only filmmakers, but audiences have taken this once fascinating genre for granted. If […]

    4.5 STARS For those who have kept an ear to the ground of the independent horror film circuit since early summer, they might have been exposed to the overwhelming hype surrounding the mysterious footage of a film entitled simply V/H/S. The film is an anthology of collected shorts […]