On Tuesday, September 18, an eager crowd packed the Golden Eagles for the chance to listen to Human Rights Watch award-winner Veronica Cruz. She is the founder of Las Libres, an organization based in the Mexican state of Guanajuato which focuses on women’s economic, political, and reproductive rights. In 2006, […]

On Thursday, September 20, 2007 at 7:00 pm, NEIU held a talent competition in its newly refurbished auditorium. The event was titled Talent Quest and participation was open to all current NEIU students, faculty and staff. This event was produced by Mostly Music at NEIU and sponsored by Beck’s Bookstore. […]

#8220;I welcome you all to this gathering tonight, to break the fast we all have observed for the Holy month of Ramadan.” The greeting started the Muslim Student Association’s (MSA) gathering on September 20 in observance of the Muslim Holy month of Ramadan. Ramadan, which starts this year on September […]

Due to cutbacks in funding certain birth control options have been priced so high that purchasing them from Student Health Services isn’t practical. “Even brand name medications from student insurance is thirty dollars at the pharmacy. We would have to charge even more than that, so it became kind of […]

Blanca Ocasio, 19, died in a crash near Armitage and Kedzie Avenues. She was 19 years old. According to News Affairs officer John Mirabelli, “the 19 year old female was riding east on Armitage Avenue around 4 p.m. when an industrial vehicle heading east on Armitage Avenue made a right […]

Razor & Tie co-released Djin Djin (pronounced “gin gin”) with Starbucks Entertainment. The 13-track album by Benin-born artist Angelique Kidjo features collaborative efforts with musical artists known to have distinctive connections with Africa. The majority of Djin Djin is sung mainly in Kidjo’s native Benin languages, but also showcases her […]

When Dr. Dieter Kober formed Chicago Chamber Orchestra at the University of Chicago in 1952 he probably never suspected that kind of success and career. After five years the amateur ensemble turned professional and that is when it all started. The aim that they had in mind was to bring […]

Travel these days can be a costly affair, especially when traveling through ultra expensive countries were the dollar is weaker. Even when using discounted travel agencies, the price tag for a two-week trip can quickly jump into the thousands of dollars. Luckily for students, there are lots of ways to […]

As the anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks approaches, memories resurface. From atop the Prudential building, at the North end of Grant Park, work took me into many skyscrapers. That particular building afforded a view of the new Millennium Park construction, the obscuring of the rail beds to make […]

While cruising around the Internet, users may stumble upon secondlife.com. This virtual world features 3-D digital life that is gradually seeping into the real world lives of people around the globe. The San Francisco-based Linden Lab owns the online community. The world inside the website is called Linden, and land, […]