Facebook, a widely used social networking website site started for high school and college students, is being sued by a rival website ConnectU for allegedly stealing the site’s idea and source codes for its set up. Founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg went to Harvard with the three of the founders […]

The university announced the schedule of events surrounding the Inauguration of President Hahs as president of Northeastern Illinois University. The events are scheduled over a four-day period from Tuesday Sept. 4 through Friday Sept. 7. All events are free and open to students and the whole university community with the […]

Springfield, Ill – Millions of dollars in school aid, worker’s compensation and social services will be sent out across the state immediately according to a press release from the office of State Comptroller Daniel Hynes, now that a budget is in place. Student aid that helps to pay for school […]

A second batch of severe storms soaked Chicago’s Northwest Side causing the power to go out at El Centro and moderate flooding at the Main Campus. El Centro was to open on Saturday, Aug 25, but due to the power-outage El Centro stayed closed Saturday. El Centro Director Daniel Lopez […]

Bill Kurtis, longtime news anchor for WBBM-TV (Channel 2 Chicago) and host of the A&E Channel’s The Great Explorers program, explained the need for people to take notice of a crisis with the water supply throughout the world. The world’s population is growing, but the world’s water supply is not […]

Severe storms dumped over three inches of rain in an hour and caused flood throughout the basements. The flooding was widespread enough to close El Centro until fall and caused the closure of the Main Campus for a day. Director of El Centro said that El Centro was closed due […]

Another Board of Trustees Member Arnold H. Park is gone and a new trustee Dr. Grace Dawson fills one of several vacancies as the Board tackled several big issues at its June 6 meeting. The Board also remembered the contributions of former Trustee Margaret Laurino and the late Trustee James […]

Two juveniles were arrested Friday, July 20 after robbing and sexually assaulting a female Northeastern student Tuesday July 17 at 8:40 p.m. in a isolated area between the P.E. Building and WTTW. As the female student was walking to the bus stop, she was followed by the two young assailants […]

A new Vice President for Development will soon walk the halls of Northeastern and rearrange a bit of the bureaucracy. “The new VP position is part of moving forward to increase fund-raising capacity for the future.” Hahs is not wasting time in getting the ball rolling, she said, “I plan […]

In a “History of Free Speech” in the “Freshman’s Guide to NEIU” the Independent reported that the Free Speech Taskforce had been an active committee since 2004. The Free Speech Task Force was actually formed in 2006 in response to HOME’s appearance on campus to figure out rules relating to […]