Tunisia’s appearance in the headline of the New York Times in January may have welcomed it to world politics and rebranded the conceptions Westerners have learned towards the Arab world. But to those versed in the region’s modern history, socioeconomic reality and Tunisia’s remarkable circumstances, the popular removal of Tunisia’s […]

After holding the presidency for eight years and controlling both houses of Congress for four of those eight years, the Republican Party by 2008 had effectively lead this nation into the worst economic recession since the Great Depression, and started one absolutely needless war while mismanaging another costing this country […]

There exists a very thick line between an insulated snowsuit and the kind of outfit one might wear to go clubbing in Miami, does there not? Off the top of my head I can come up with a few exemplary items: a knit beret, jeans, a v-neck sweater, a wool […]

Three drunks sat at the bar on a Tuesday night arguing over what animal they wished still roamed the planet. The first man wished for a stegosaurus, the second man wished for a raptor for some sadistic reason, and the third wished for a wooly mammoth. However no punch line […]

A year ago I discovered that I’m a great shot a natural with a 9mm. I emptied a clip into my first target – never missing the orange “person” and achieving five “kills.” Although I was proud of my unexpected talent and my ability to conquer my fear of guns, […]

#8220;I couldn’t get into certain classes…they should have handled that more quickly being that they are a university not a junior college. It was real time-consuming.” -Taiwan, Junior   “It dropped me from classes I was registered for…when the system came back up, I lost those classes. I’m actually still […]

As undergraduates entering our last semesters we may already feel the frigid and austere wind of the real world sneaking through the sheltered halls of academia here at NEIU. Short of an existential crisis, most of us are wondering if there will be a good job or even a decent […]

In the face of unprecedented spending and a national debt approaching $15 trillion dollars, the federal government is in desperate need of a budget reduction.  The newly elected Republican House has vowed to reduce spending in all areas of government including, surprisingly, the defense budget. This is surprising because in […]

For those people who have a profile picture of a cartoon character in response to either some form of solidarity against child abuse or believe they are doing something to help stop child abuse, please stop. The term slacktivism was coined a while ago and this is another classic example […]

Flu season is upon us, and it’s time to get vaccinated! That is what the pharmaceutical companies would like us to believe. Yet, it seems that every person I know who has had the vaccine has also come down with the flu, while I have remained blissfully unvaccinated, and unscathed. […]