Student and faculty senate planned on taking votes of confidence or no confidence of President Hahs and Provost Frank on Tuesday, Oct. 26 during activity hour.  However, student senate was the only group to come to a concensus, voting “no confidence” in Provost Frank, but “confidence” in President Hahs.  Many […]

Rich Whitney, Illinois Green Party gubernatorial candidate, and supporters rallied against exclusion from the gubernatorial debate hosted by Chicago’s public television station, WTTW, Thursday Oct. 28. The debate aired on WTTW’s news program Chicago Tonight and only included Republican candidate Bill Brady and incumbent Governor Pat Quinn, leaving the legally […]

As one of the current hot topics of discussion, Islam and the social representations linked to it, urged the Sociology Club to schedule and organize a dialogue on Islamophobia. The event, titled “Islamophobia and the Anti-Mosque Protests in the U.S.,” took place on Nov. 4, in LWH 2094 and was […]

Andy Shaw, famed Chicago reporter and currently the executive director of the Better Government Association (BGA), visited Northeastern Illinois University on Nov. 4s as part of the Political Science Day events. “I don’t think I’ve ever felt a passion about anything the way I feel about this,” said Shaw. Both […]

Chicago mayoral candidate Miguel Del Valle was a featured speaker after a tribute to Senator Edward Kennedy at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Unlike Senator Kennedy, Del Valle is scandal-free. Del Valle hasn’t quit his job, nor has he made front-page news in a negative light. Regardless, Northeastern Illinois University […]

For many, police torture appears as an unrealistic act of a democratic country’s police forces. Yet, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) has had a long history of torturing suspects to get confessions, including some given the death penalty. Darrell Cannon is one of the many who had been tortured and […]

If one were to look around the campus, disarray would be the first word that would pop into one’s mind. The students and staff are preparing the stakes to burn the president and provost, financial aid is disappearing and there are talks of strikes by the staff. It is a […]

The web site launch of .:Seeds:. Literary Arts Journal, Northeastern Illinois University’s new literary art magazine, was buzzing with nervous excitement on Oct. 14 in SU 214. Friends and family of the club members were there to support the launch and celebrate a stepping stone to future success. As part […]

Tuesday afternoon, NEIU students were graced by the presence of Rene L. Alvarez, Professor of Educational Inquiry and Curriculum Studies, and Professor Francisco X. Gaytan, of the Sociology Department; the audience sat enraptured in response to the speakers’ presentation on the continuous struggle for equitable education in Chicago, as part […]

Current negotiations between faculty and administration have cast an underlying haze that is emerging into the foreground of many people’s minds in the NEIU community. The exact details and conclusions of such tensions are yet to be seen, however, the immediacy of the situation is being felt as the culture, […]