The sounds of “Folsom Prison Blues” echoed through the Student Union on April Fools’ Day. While live music during activity hour is not unusual, even if it’s from popular Irish musician Finbar Fagan, what may be unusual to some is that he played for free. Fagan offered up his blend […]

Vampires, werewolves, and humans were not combined with a passionate Shakespearean love story until the writing talents of housewife Stephenie Meyer collided with a computer after a vivid dream. Meyer’s Twilight is the first book in the vampire series, followed by New Moon and Eclipse. Bella desperately escapes Renee, her […]

Arcadia, Stage Center Theatre’s latest piece written by Tom Stoppard and directed by Anna Antaramian, is a tale of intrigue. The show opens on April 10 and runs every Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. until April 24. The storyline of the play jumps back and forth between two […]

Over the past couple of months, NEIU’s Student Government Association (SGA) has been embroiled in a series of debates over several proposed bills. With SGA elections coming up soon, the senate recently came to an important conclusion in order to safeguard the constitution and transition of new members into the […]

An ‘active shooter’ is the term used to describe the role of Stephen Kazmierczak, the gunman in the NIU attacks. Police officers routinely train to learn how to handle an active shooter and NEIU officers help lead the training, which was last held over winter break. It is mandatory for […]

NEIU has put in place the Emergency Management Team. The team includes nearly every department of the university into a cohesive group so that, in case of an emergency, everybody is communicating efficiently and properly. The group also goes through emergency training and meets on a regular basis to discuss […]

When most people at NEIU think of the governor’s proposed Capital Development Program they think immediately of the proposed Education Building for NEIU and that the program ends there. However, there is a lot more to Capital Development then just the education building. While searching prairieghosts.com, a site put up […]

The NEIU Women’s Studies program sponsored the viewing of the film “Life Support” in honor of Women’s History Month, on March 26. In the film, Queen Latifah plays the main character, Anna, who is HIV positive. Anna lives with her husband Slick, who is also HIV positive, and her daughter […]

Director of Public Safety Chief Jim Lyon made a special appearance in Dr. Shelley Bannister’s justice studies class recently to discuss and assure students of campus safety. He prefaced his March 26 presentation by letting the class know that NEIU is ready if violence were to occur on campus. Lyon […]

The NEIU community is a diverse group of students and faculty. Some individuals embody that diversity singularly. Matthew Podgorski, NEIU student and faculty member, is just one such example. As a political science major, Podgorski graduated from NEIU in 2002, and went on to Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Public […]