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The Deep End: Straight talk and making up facts

Senator Obama is claiming McCain is “making up facts.” Senator McCain is asking Obama for “Straight Talk.” Both would be nice but are they to blame? With the influx of internet blogs there has been a lot of people getting their news information from other news sources. The question is, […]

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Hug a tree today @ treehugger.com

For all you web-savvy, environmentally conscious readers out there, there is TreeHugger.com. TreeHugger.com is the most popular and successful site related to environmental issues on the web today. Their own words would not be an exaggeration, “Tree Hugger is the leading media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream. Partial to […]

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Diversional Discourse: It’s not easy being green… But I love trash!

Ah, this is the green issue, and I’m sure that there are all kinds of wonderful things in the entertainment world that I could talk about which have to do with environmental issues. According to National Geographic’s webpage, http://www.thegreenguide.com, “John Mayer, The Fray, Bon Jovi and Incubus, are working with […]

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I’ll take a Jin and Tonic (Band) please

Recipe for fun: Mix together 2 hot chics and 4 smokin’ gents Add a handful of instruments And toss in a couple of microphones Stir together and you get Jin and Tonic Band, a Chicagoland cover band that really knows how to shake things up. Now, I’m not one to […]

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Meat does not = Environmentalism

The exact environmental impact of animal farming is difficult to calculate because of the complexity of the variables involved, but it is no overstatement to say that it is devastating to our planet. According to Henning Steinfeld, a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization official, “Livestock are one of the […]

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All the shades of grey: Fast city, slow food

The connecting points between communities, local economy, health conscious eating, and global ecology meet at the center of a dinner plate. This is the basis for an international movement that is spreading slowly. “Slow Food is an idea, a way of living and a way of eating. It is a […]

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Kong Xin’s ‘Within’

If you happened to find yourself within the confines of the NEIU library recently, between the 25th of August and the 5th of September, you probably couldn’t help but notice a major transformation had taken place. Siew Lian Lim presented her senior art show, an installation, entitled “Within”. Siew Lian […]

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Animal Rights Club

While there are many college students across the nation who choose to live a vegetarian lifestyle or have strong beliefs about the treatment of animals, not all campuses offer a club for the aforementioned population. NEIU has recently added to their list of diverse student groups with the Animal Rights […]

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Sports/Rec: Get oriented

Like the oven clock that still flashes 12:00, or the extra buttons on a TV remote control, some of the options on a treadmill function panel can be downright confusing. To ease the burden, Campus Recreation staff now offers orientation tours of Northeastern’s fitness center. Located on the second floor […]

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A Bit of Enlightenment on Enlightenment

On Sept. 3, an eclectic crowd of university members, press, and visitors from various parts of the globe gathered on NEIU’s campus for a vegetarian luncheon in honor of Venerable Chi Chern, President of the Malaysian Buddhist Institute. Thanks to the efforts of NEIU’s Chinese Students Club and University Honors […]