U.S. Senator Richard J. Durbin was a keynote speaker at this year’s Equity in Action conference. The topic for this year was Equity in Action conference. After an introduction by President Hahs, Senator Durbin took the podium. He began with a story about a young immigrant woman. This was a […]

It was a powerful scene in Village Square as NEIU students came across shirts designed by women survivors of violence. They hung side by side as a bell rang every time a woman is the target of violence, and a whistle sounded every time a woman is raped. The display […]

The alleged haunts of an old Scottish-themed pub that has been in existence since 1961. St. Andrews Inn is located on bustling North Broadway Avenue in Edgewater. Prior to 1961, St. Andrews Inn was owned and operated by a Norwegian-American married couple named Frank and Edna Giff. Frank, who was […]

Film is the cinematic imitation of life. Some movies take that imitation to a bit of an extreme though. Rather than dwelling on actual beliefs, no matter how unbelievable, some dwell on actual events, no matter how gruesome, frightening or weird. This is pretty much going to be a catalogue […]

In Chicago, the graduation from summer to winter is swift. Intense heat seems to pass the seasonal baton straight to frigidity, leaving but a quick window of thermal harmony between. This brief period of temperate equilibrium is autumn, and no month defines this time better than October, and no date […]

What is warm, crunchy, tasty and buttery? Popcorn of course! This popular snack now has its own special time of year: October is now National Popcorn Poppin’ month. Who knew? Popcorn.org states that Americans consume around 17 billion quarts of popcorn annually. All this popcorn adds up to billions of […]

The recording industry has a problem. They have been trying to figure out how they can make consumers pay for what can be downloaded for free. As technology advances and the price of faster internet service becomes more affordable, piracy has increasingly become a major source of lost revenue for […]

In America, everyone is entitled to free speech. There is no denying it. It is in the constitution. But there are some ground rules to follow when using free speech. Don’t make false arguments. More importantly, if you’re protesting a politician, don’t make careless mistakes like rewriting that person’s voting […]

Halloween is rapidly approaching which means it’s time to display your creative side with an amazing costume. The only problem is that school, work and a million other things take up precious planning time. Throwing together the perfect Halloween costume doesn’t have to take forever or cost a lot of […]

In “Todays mother would never do this” published on Oct. 9 the sentence read, “The interaction between Mrs. Warren and Vivie was at the start slow, but the end got rather intense and believable that they were mother and father.” It was to “mother and daughter.” The Independent regrets the […]