Multiple students’ safety was threatened on their way to the cafeteria on Tuesday, Feb. 26. On the stairs leading to the Peace Garden, one student slipped and another fell on the ice and snow that accumulated Monday night and that day. Ryan Trauger, the student who fell, said that he […]

Combine Jack Ass: The Movie and the show Nature and you might think, “This is stupid,” but it works out to be hilarious. The new lowbrow humor flick from Happy Madison Productions, Strange Wilderness, encompasses the whole, so-wrong-it’s-so-funny” type of filmmaking. Steve Zahn plays the son of a beloved nature […]

Maria Bevacqua, Assistant Professor for the Department of Women’s Studies at Minnesota State University, states in her definition of “rape culture,” that “images of rape and other forms of violence against women abound” in our culture, and that “images of sex and violence are intertwined.” Bevacqua argues that our culture […]

Brainy British comedian Eddie Izzard, in his show Dress to Kill, expresses my gun control sentiments exactly: “The National Rifle Association says that ‘Guns don’t kill people, people do.’ But I think, I think the gun helps, ya know? I think it helps. I just think that just standing there […]

The Spring II group exercise schedule is now available. NEIU Campus Recreation has posted the new classes scheduled for Feb. 25 through May 1. Group exercise classes include Spin, Hard Core Abs, muscle sculpting and conditioning, and several cardio-dance sessions. They all promise to get your heart pumping and make […]

Professor Thomas Joseph Hoberg of the English department simply prefers to be called Tom. A native Chicagoan, Tom maintains an earnest open-door policy with the diverse people that make up the NEUI. “I really enjoy the fact that there are a variety of people from different ethnic backgrounds and ages, […]

I-Robot, Minority Report, Back to the Future and even the 90s Stallone flick Demolition Man had something in common, besides being bad movies: they featured futuristic-style cars. In spite of the promise of cars that fly and that do not require a driver, car companies have not developed this type […]

In the Feb. 19 issue, the Independent printed an article regarding turmoil within the SGA. Although there is still apparent turmoil, the SGA is now making moves in an effort to prevent a future disagreement of a similar kind. At the SGA meeting on Feb. 26, there were several bills […]

Whether it is struck by a tornado, deluged by a flood, attacked by a gunman or scorched by a fire, Northeastern Illinois University is prepared, President Sharon Hahs said in her annual State of the University Address, Feb. 21. “The emergency management team meets monthly for developing plans, procedures and […]

After visiting with mourners during a vigil at a shrine put up to honor the victims of the Northern Illinois University shooting, Governor Blagojevich addressed the press. “I wanted to personally express my condolences to the Northern Illinois University community. We will work with the university to return to their […]