On November 29, 2012, in order to promote environmental sustainability initiatives, the Green Cycle Group (GCG) conducted an Energy Sustainability Panel which included 2 sessions from 3-4:30 and 5-7PM. According to GCG’s advisor, Dr. Abhijit Banerjee of Geography and Environmental Studies Department of Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU), this event […]

  Ground was officially broken on the site of the new $28.5 million dollar Northeastern Illinois University El Centro Campus. Governor Pat Quinn joined Alderman Rey Colon, Senator Iris Martinez, NEIU President Sharon Hahs, and other Illinois dignitaries for the official ground-breaking ceremony at the new Kennedy Expressway-adjacent site. The […]

  Three accounts of theft over $300 occurred on campus in October. Three accounts were of secured bikes being stolen and those cases are still under investigation. Two accounts of theft occurred, the first in the Chicago Teacher’s Center (CTC) of two NEIU owned laptops. The second theft is under […]

    According to World Health Organization (WHO), more than 350 million individuals suffer from depression on a global scale. The 350 million individuals who suffer are comprised of those in varying age groups, nationalities, places of origin and gender. Contrary to popular belief, depression strikes hard, not only in […]

  Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) set a promising new precedent by offering health services for the “mind, body and spirit.”  This past Nov. 27, 2012 NEIU Health Services, in conjunction with Affinity Community Services, the Chicago Abortion Fund, the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE) and VIDA/SIDA organized a health […]

  Accurate rates of homelessness are difficult to obtain but USA Today recently estimated 1.6 million people used transitional housing or emergency shelters.  The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty published a study in 2007 according to which approximately 3.5 million people, 1.35 million of them children, are likely […]

  In recent years, Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) has been associated in a number of legal cases and two in particular were addressed during the most recent Board of Trustees meeting.  On Nov. 8th, the Golden Eagles room was full of attendees who lined the walls and were informed about […]

  The theme of the NFL this year can be summed up in a single word: parody. There are great teams with terrible records, and mediocre teams that are in the playoff race. The so-called “elite” teams of the NFL have been anything but, and even with star players and […]

    In recent years, scientific attempts to prove the existence of the soul through quantum physics have only succeeded in finding that the observer changes that which is observed.  The film What the Bleep Do We Know comes to mind.  In it, New Age gurus use quantum verbiage to […]

  Every semester for the past six years, Dr. Michael Ellison has been coming to Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) to lecture on the process of getting into professional health programs. Ellison came to NEIU on Nov. 15, to present a lecture sponsored by the Future Health Professionals club. Ellison currently […]