The American Association of University Professors (AAUP), university professors, and students gathered in the Lower Level of the Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) Library to protest NEIU President Sharon K. Hahs’ injustice and malfeasance directed at Doctor Loretta Capeheart, WZRD, and Doctor John Boyle on Sept. 27. While the AAUP […]
Month: December 2012
Video games and sexism: How women are using twitter to speak up
Here’s a fun fact: The Entertainment Software Association reported in 2012 that 47 percent of all people who identify as gamers are female. That means nearly half of the industry’s 25 billion dollars comes from someone’s mom, sister, girlfriend, wife, or daughter. But when it comes to the game […]
Walmart: Corporate Tyranny with a Smiley Face
This Black Friday, a boycott was called against that All-American sweatshop Walmart, fueled by a decades-long litany of complaints by workers unable to earn a living wage, even while working full-time. Like many other giant corporations that seek to increase profits by relying on outsourcing production to China, Walmart […]
Response to “Cyclist Menace Growing”
Emily Haddad’s editorial “Cyclist Menace Growing” (11-13-12 Independent) can be summarized as follows: “I am a car driver. I say I obey traffic laws, so I belong. I say bicyclists do not obey traffic laws, so they do not belong. (Bicyclists are the Other.) Therefore, they deserve what they […]
CPS Extension: Fueled by Insincere Intentions
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) seeks an extension for releasing the list of intended school closings, for possibly insincere reasons. Claiming an extension is necessary so that community voices may be heard and considered, CPS’s claim is flawed. The decision to close a school takes research and reasoning; the decision […]
Professional Healthcare Programs
Every semester for the past six years, Dr. Michael Ellison has been coming to Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) to lecture on the process of getting into professional health programs. Ellison came to NEIU on Nov. 15, to present a lecture sponsored by the Future Health Professionals club. Ellison currently […]
Where is the Soul?
In recent years, scientific attempts to prove the existence of the soul through quantum physics have only succeeded in finding that the observer changes that which is observed. The film What the Bleep Do We Know comes to mind. In it, New Age gurus use quantum verbiage to […]
Lack of NFL Elite
The theme of the NFL this year can be summed up in a single word: parody. There are great teams with terrible records, and mediocre teams that are in the playoff race. The so-called “elite” teams of the NFL have been anything but, and even with star players and […]
NEIU Legal Battles Continue
In recent years, Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) has been associated in a number of legal cases and two in particular were addressed during the most recent Board of Trustees meeting. On Nov. 8th, the Golden Eagles room was full of attendees who lined the walls and were informed about […]
Homelessness in America
Accurate rates of homelessness are difficult to obtain but USA Today recently estimated 1.6 million people used transitional housing or emergency shelters. The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty published a study in 2007 according to which approximately 3.5 million people, 1.35 million of them children, are likely […]