Students, faculty, staff, and community members filled the Student Union for the first annual Nest Fest, music and arts festival on April 14. With a plethora of activities from live art being made right before your eyes, to a multitude of bands, poets, emcees and musicians who played various […]
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Le Fleur de Lis Restaurant
La Fleur de Lis, located at 301 E. 43rd street is a quaint and unassuming Creole style restaurant in the heart of Bronzeville. Since its inception in October of 2010, New Orleans native Allen J. Rochelle Jr., has given Chicagoans leisurely southern style cooking from NOLA to satisfy the […]
Roosevelt Students Rally at Thompson Center for Jobs
Students from Roosevelt High School gathered outside of the James Thompson Center on Tuesday, April 3, in protest of the lack of summer jobs for youth. The protestors demanded answers from city officials as to whether or not there would be an increase in job opportunities for youth in […]
Three Women: Three Narratives
For the month of March, students, Jacqueline Hochbaum, Milena Milo, and Junghee Lee’s artwork is on display in the Student Union. The installation, entitled Three Women: Three Narratives, will run until the end of March. Curator, Maria Carbonell Serafin of the Student Union – along with Jason Demma, Student […]
Ms. Jackie Taylor – Founder of Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center
#8220;For the black community, what we first need to realize is that we’re still a chained people. You don’t go through 300 years of slavery, and then you’re alright. We need to stop trying to forget it. We need to understand where we are in the process of healing. […]
Dr. Lance Williams: An Asset to the Black Community
Dr. Lance Williams, professor and Assistant Director of the Jacob C. Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies (CCICS) has utilized both street knowledge and book sense to pave the way for African American men and women all over Chicago – but especially in the Kenwood and Englewood communities. Dr. Williams, […]
Student Trustee Replaced Mid-Tenure
In a surprise motion at last Tuesday afternoon’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting, Student Trustee Winston Rysdahl stepped down from his post. After serving in his position since his inauguration in May of 2011, Rysdahl tendered his resignation to the SGA saying, “This should not in any way reflect on […]
NEIU Mourns the Loss of Dr. Michael T. Kelly, Dean of Students
Dr. Michael T. Kelly touched the hearts of many students; faculty and staff at NEIU. His presence will be missed. Dr. Kelly, known as Dean Kelly to many of his students, went above and beyond his call of a professional in higher education, to the level of friend for many. […]
Thanks-For-Giving Us Some Flavor! – A Thanksgiving Recipe Collection
The semester is coming to a close, and the holidays are upon us. One way we at the Independent thought we might be able to help spread a little cheer, and thank our lovely readers is by giving you some great recipes that we thought might go over well at […]
Good Eatin’
For many of us, midterms have passed. But now we’ve reached the second half of our fall semester, and this time calls for tapping into our energy reserves to boost up for the last few weeks ahead. Here’s a quick and easy recipe that’s sure to help our preparations […]