Jon Stewart, anchor of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, has accepted a challenge put forth by Bill O’Reilly, host of Fox News Channel’s The O’Reilly Factor. The two pundits will debate for 90 minutes in presidential debate format, about the current presidential election on Oct. 6, […]

  Over the course of this presidential race the Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, has made comments that scream racism and a severe disconnection from reality. According to CNN, “48% of likely voters back the president, while 47% support the Republican presidential nominee.” Given an expected two percent margin of error, […]

For the first time in 25 years, 30,000 members of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) went on strike on Sept. 10, 2012. The strike was an historic moment, since Chicago has been ground zero for the education “reform” movement and the neoliberal agenda of privatization. Aside from what it means […]

  It’s no surprise that gamers have faced a bum rap by having a hobby labeled as a useless pastime, but Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins are two gamers that have found a way to use the dedication of the gamer fanbase to create a tangible positive influence in the […]

  First it was a novel by “Muslim” British resident author Salman Rushdie, then a Danish editorial cartoon, then an American humorist having fun on Facebook, and now it’s a YouTube video that portrayed the Muslim prophet Muhammad (peace is upon him) in a hurtful and degrading way. So when […]

  The Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $109,661 to NEIU Professor Kenneth Nicholson (Principal Investigator) and his colleagues Emina Stojkovic, and Stefan Tsonchev (Co-Principal Investigators) for their untiring efforts in writing and submitting a winning multidisciplinary proposal . The NSF award is extremely […]

  The inception of “Breaking Bad”, AMC’s fan hit, didn’t set a precedent but its affection has conjured and sparked far more debate and discussion than uniform cable-programming.  The series treks through two years of the post cancer-diagnosis of a high school chemistry teacher and his decision to cook meth […]

  The Summer Olympics may be over for another four years but the impact they made remains. “Inspire a Generation” was the theme at the 2012 London Games and, in fact, they did just that. Reports are up that children are getting more involved in sports than ever before. In London, where the games were […]

    Anyone watching football this season is well-versed in the antics taking place around the league. Coaches are shouting and trying to intimidate officials. Players are taking cheap shots at each other. Penalties are being missed, miscounted, misused, and at times, it seems they are plainly being invented. So […]

  In today’s government it is difficult to believe that omissions and bad timings can be purely chance, rather than a scheme. When the teacher strike occurred, one had to wonder of the reasoning behind the strike. The media conveyed varied reasons for the Chicago Teacher’s Union (CTU) strike; the […]