#8220;When you’re a great poet, you can write yourself something that’ll make you feel better,” says the 63 year-old author of such titles as Cypress Indigo, and for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf: a choreopoem. Ms. Shange read a combination of her older and recent […]

This semester the 16th Annual Asian American Heritage conference is bringing its students a wonderful opportunity to experience and engage themselves in these beautiful dances. The students have a chance to witness an aspect of the wondrous culture of India. The dances are meant to be fun and easy to […]

Another year has started with hopes for a better future. However, NEIU faculty and students are still not confident what 2011 will offer them. Negotiations over the faculty’s new contract are still in progress, and no confidence votes in the president and the provost carry confusion and distress.   […]

Continuing astronaut Ronald McNair’s legacy of scholarship and involvement in higher education, NEIU participates in the federally funded Ronald McNair Scholars Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program. The purpose of the program is to prepare low-income, first generation and minority undergraduates for graduate study to increase the number of such students who complete […]

Since the announcement by Mayor Richard M. Daley that he would not be seeking another term, the stories that have followed by most media outlets consistently beg the question, who would be taking his place? Now with the election coming up on February 22, the final list of candidates has […]

In an age where students are pushed to the brink by their parents’ high expectations for achievement, consequences arise in alarming ways: suicide, demanding schedules, and academic dishonesty—all resulting in calloused young people who just don’t care. The College of Education hosted the viewing of Race to Nowhere, a controversial […]

NEIU honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 13 in the auditorium with a tribute to his enduring legacy as a great civil rights leader. The tribute featured heart pounding African drumming by the Logan Heritage Drummers, angelic singing, poetry and heated debate. Assistant Vice President Murrell Duster introduced […]

Eight months ago the NEIU Independent covered the small upstart of the group T.R.I.B.E. in the Golden Eagles room. The meeting was attended by roughly ten people and the message projected seemed to fall upon deaf ears. It looked as if nothing was going to happen from their time and […]

Just in case some of the students of Northeastern Illinois are unaware and question the fact. Yes, the school does have a radio station, call sign WZRD and broadcasting at 88.3 MHz. WZRD can probably be thought of as an escape form the common radio station. The station, because it’s […]

The NEIU community actively participated in the Hunger and Homelessness week this year once again; the initiative was to engage and inform the students about the hunger felt around the world.    As usual, the Student Activities Office organized various events around campus, which included Oxfam Hunger Banquet and Empty […]