Perhaps the most striking thing about the Evolving Planet exhibit at the Field Museum is the clear delineations between sections. Each of those transitional stages marked on the floor in bold letters on a blood red background is entitled Mass Extinction. These extinction-level events are characterized by a sharp decline […]

#8220;Malaria kills more than 1 million kids a year,” says the lead on the nothingbutnets.net website. One would think in this day and age that such a thing is unthinkable, but there we are. It’s a statistic, big, rude and scary. As students we can often feel that such things, […]

While the most important aspect of a college career is the pursuit of a degree and matriculation, getting in some work experience during that time can be vital to landing a high quality job after graduation. To quote one longtime student, and regular on-campus job holder, “Most, if not all, […]

There were a lot of great blockbuster movies released over the summer of 2008, and many people probably missed the chance to watch a number of very good movies that came out on DVD over the June through August months. Here are a handful of movies that are quite noteworthy, […]

Freedom of speech is a principle that many people believe is inherent in The Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution. However, some others will point out that it is not an explicit right, in that the details of the exact nature of how much freedom is actually guaranteed […]

#8220;A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed,” states the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America. Over most of the years since it was written, this has […]

There is a new gaming store in the neighborhood that some students may find useful to their non-academic activities. Black Sun Games, located at 5426 N. Kedzie Ave., celebrated their grand opening a few blocks from campus in August. The local game shop is jointly owned by Brandon Kutka and […]

From the disgusting to the sublime, Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids gives a fair overview of the many monsters man has imagined to live beside us, but just beyond our proof down through the ages. While legends about many of these creatures, such as the dragons and mermaids, date […]

The 2008 Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition is showing in the Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) Fine Arts Center Gallery from April 2 through May 2. Claire Ashley, a professional artist and teacher at the Art Institute of Chicago whose work was shown in the Fine Arts Center Gallery earlier this […]

Beyond the passable acting, there is little to recommend in Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation, which takes its name from the 1984 Tom Hanks vehicle. The uneven, low-brow script (with a fair amount of improvisation, according to first-time director/writer James Ryan) is predictable and not as humorous as it […]