When the philosophy department sponsored an event April 17 that featured performance poetry, Professor Sarah Hoagland saw it as an opportunity to “encourage exploration of spoken word as a form of doing philosophy.” The stated mission of Performers Or Writers for Women On Women’s Issues (POW-WOW), is to increase the […]

Rainbow streamers and flags adorned the Student Union as the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Ally (LGBTA) club kicked off its annual Pride Awareness Week on April 14. It featured LGBT themed workshops, networking opportunities, LGBT Rights, safe sex information and health services offered by the university. The first day […]

Nestled between two huge Puerto Rican flags in Humboldt Park, the space known as Paseo Boricua, lies Café Teatro/Batey Urbano, a Puerto Rican/Latino youth-based club and internet coffee-house which strives to showcase the creative talents of neighborhood youth, and to link Puerto Rican/Latino students with the community. The Batey Urbano […]

For students enrolled in 2004, the Truth in Tuition plan locked in their tuition for four years. On Feb. 7, approval of proposed tuition increases for the ’08-’09 school year goes before the Board of Trustees. Students who have not graduated yet face a proposed 25 percent increase in tuition. […]

As part of its Reading and Lecture Series, the Apocalypse Literary Arts Coalition hosted Junot Diaz. The celebrated Dominican-born writer is the author of Drown, a short-story collection about growing up in the Dominican Republic and New Jersey during the ’70s and ’80s. It is mostly semi-autobiographical and became a […]

One can only imagine the war of words that goes on at departmental meetings in the English Department. Professor Harry White’s editorial triggered a storm of controversy that continues to play out in a public way. The focus on grammar mistakes seems trivial and you’d think professors would have more […]

Illinois State Senator William Delgado met with students from Union for Puerto Rican Students (U.P.R.S.), Chimexla, Que Ondee Sola, and other organizations to discuss the possibility of having a Latino Cultural Center at NEIU. He is the co-chair of the Illinois Latino Legislative Caucus, which will be coming to campus […]

A packed Auditorium gathered to celebrate the Indian festival of Diwali, which is one of the most celebrated festivals in India and is considered the beginning of a New Year. The Friday, Nov. 2 event is the biggest show of the year for the Indian Student Association. Hosts Jacob Gabrail […]

It was a powerful scene in Village Square as NEIU students came across shirts designed by women survivors of violence. They hung side by side as a bell rang every time a woman is the target of violence, and a whistle sounded every time a woman is raped. The display […]

#8220;I love this country,” said Rep. Luis Gutierrez during the University’s 13th Annual Equity in Action conference. A packed Alumni Hall greeted Gutierrez, who served as advisor to the late Mayor Harold Washington and became the first elected Hispanic Representative in Illinois. He is also an NEIU alumnus and was […]