As a public institution of higher education, Northeastern Illinois University is committed to a set of shared values that, taken collectively, guides our actions and interactions as we work together to prepare graduates for the responsible exercise of citizenship. We, the NEIU community, believe it is critical for our democracy […]

#8220;Our news Editor Saira Haider was friends with a girl who was killed, it was hard for her,” said Amy Steele Editor-in-Chief of Virginia Tech’s student newspaper the Colligate Times [CT]. Still Mon April 16, Haider did her job as the news editor for CT reporting on the worst mass […]

There is an age-old question, “If a tree falls in the forest, and no one hears it, did it make a sound?” The more important question here is if a protester yells at state and no one is around to hear it, did it matter? In a recent issue of […]

Over the last year, we’ve discussed pivotal court cases (Net Neutrality, Julie Amero) the volatility of the Internet (the Google empire, online tiplines, wikipedia), the threat of Big Brother (Radio Frequency tracking, Digital Rights Management, thumbprinting for payment, MySpace and self-incrimination) and positive advances in technology (the One Laptop Per […]

Tamara Holder is an Illinois attorney and founder of the Law Firm of Tamara N. Holder, LLC, a criminal defense firm, which also provides full services for expungement. Her talks with students are geared toward broadening their horizons for new beginnings. Holder recently held one of those talks at the […]

Recently, the military started rethinking its “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy regarding homosexuals in the military. Is this a step in the right direction? Yes. The “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy was implemented to minimize the amount of discrimination towards homosexuals in a formerly completely homophobic organization. It pretty much […]

Asians are the model minority because we are invisible. We pride ourselves on not sticking out, “it’s the nail that sticks out that gets hammered.” April 16th has changed everything for me and for Koreans everywhere. Before that day silence was a virtue, or at worst something written off as […]

Go to school, learn something, obtain good grades and you will get a good job, right? If you are born beautiful and maintain that attractiveness, then you will succeed in life. Sounds simple, huh? Who gets the most out of life: fame, fortune, and genuine relationships: those who are physically […]

Recently Don Imus was fired from his job for a racially insensitive comment. The comment that got him fire was calling the Rutger’s women’s basketball a group of “nappy -headed hos.” OK, there is validity to the public outcry at that resulted from this comment one would have to take […]

What should one be looking for when searching for an apartment to rent? What are some often-overlooked details that one should be informed of when one gets ready to scope out that cozy bachelor(ette) pad? Are apartment-finding services worth the effort, or do they just want to screw over a […]