Hurricane Gustav Evacuees now have a temporary home in the Physical Education Complex. Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) is partnering with Red Cross disaster relief workers to have a place to stay for these evacuees. NEIU is one of 500 locations across the country and “the only mass care shelter in […]

On my first day of classes here, something struck me as odd. As I navigated my way from class to class, I tried to put my finger on it. With the sun shining and the campus abuzz with the conversations of new and returning classmates, I struggled for a moment […]

Most people will look at you with a mixture of shock and horror if you tell them you run a windows operating system without an anti-virus program. It has been drilled into user’s heads that without anti-virus, Microsoft’s lovely operating systems will self-implode while simultaneously bursting out credit card numbers […]

The anniversary of Hurricane Katrina passed in the same way that it began, with a hurricane. Hurricane Gustav roared through Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Cuba and the United States. Gustav reached speeds of up to 120 miles per hour. It caused more than 120 deaths as […]

Freedom of speech is a principle that many people believe is inherent in The Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution. However, some others will point out that it is not an explicit right, in that the details of the exact nature of how much freedom is actually guaranteed […]

With each passing year, the cost of being a college student becomes higher. Along with the initial tuition payment, numerous other fees are added. Also, the ever-rising price of books must be included. The average individual pursuing a collegiate degree will often spend hundreds of dollars on “extras” that they […]

#8220;A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed,” states the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America. Over most of the years since it was written, this has […]

NEIU welcomes back students and staff with the 15th Annual Fall into Fun Week, which will run September 8-12. Attendees will be offered a variety of information, food and entertainment throughout the week by different departments on campus. There will also be some additions to previous years’ events, including a […]

In typical fashion, the race to the White House has each presidential candidate promoting change. In atypical fashion, Americans are promised change regardless of which way they vote. In November, there will be a likely change in race or gender in the U.S. presidency / vice-presidency. As historic as it […]

If there is still a person uncomfortable with the concept of multiculturalism, attending this year’s Summer Show at NEIU would have been a real treat for them. The August 30 event, organized by the Indian Students Association (ISA) and Gamma Phi Omega, featured artists of at least six different nationalities […]