Almost 50 students and faculty members picked up debris in areas that were completely under water only three weeks ago. As part of Northeastern Illinois University’s Green Week, The Student Activities Office organized a volunteer clean up event at Gompers Park on Friday, Oct. 3. Participating students and faculty members […]

A cultural center, possible residential hall and making NEIU a choice for Latino students are the highlighted goals from University President Sharon K. Hahs says she’d like to see complete in the next decade. In President Hahs’ State of the University Address on Sept. 23, she presented the completed six […]

It was around 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26, on what seemed like a just another Friday evening. But the streets of Albany Park looked quite desolate. Was it because it was a regular party night for local college students or did the whole neighborhood take to the privacy of their homes […]

Metallica has been around for about 25 years, and their newest release, titled Death Magnetic, gives the same feeling as Metallica between the years 1983-1991. Honestly, their previous CD, St. Anger, was an interesting gambit for the group. Unfortunately, it didn’t pan out quite the way they were expecting it […]

The State of Illinois minimum wage was increased on July 1 to $7.75 per hour. This is part of a three year plan to have minimum wage at a rate of $8.25 per hour by 2010. The increase affects many campus student workers on many different pay levels throughout the […]

In the Illinois’ 9th congressional district, one of the names on your Nov. 4 voting ballot is going to be that of a Northeastern Illinois University alum. Michael Benjamin Younan, who graduated from NEIU with a degree in political science, is the Republican candidate for Congress in Illinois’ 9th congressional […]

It’s Your Turn was NEIU’s 4th annual Talent Showcase which this year featured 23 talented groups and individual students who took to the NEIU Auditorium Stage on Thursday, Sept. 25. The performers each had four minutes to capture the audience and sway showcase judges with their music, dance, prose, poetry, […]

If you’ve decided that McCain knows too little about the economy and Obama knows too little about Washington; if neither of those candidates are worth your one vote, it’s not time to give up. there are other options. In America there is what is referred to as third party candidates. […]

So a black guy, a white guy, and a Latino guy walk into a bar…and this is the beginning to thousands of jokes that have spanned much time and space. The guy in the joke can be substituted for just about anything. A Christian, a Jew, and a Muslim. A […]

Experiencing Green Week at Northeastern provided an opportunity to check out the Green Cycle Group and see what they are doing on the environmental front. The Green Cycle Group is a student club that is environmentally oriented. This is not to be confused with the Green Fee Committee, which is […]