The NEIU Hip Hop Organization’s “March Mad Illness” event held Friday, March 30, was a celebration of the group’s 10th anniversary. An enlivened crowd gathered in Alumni Hall to hear performances by Iomos Marad, Rita J. and Mr. Greenweedz, FOOD (Decay & Selfish), Maintenance Crew, and Mass Hysteria. The show […]

Consider the following pick-up lines: “So you want to get some coffee?” “I really want to get to know you, you want to do something tonight?” “After I repair my gear and clear up my bag space, you want to go farm trolls together in Blackrock Mountain?” Surely you recognize […]

Smashing Pumpkins are returning to the mainstream scene with their first album since their disbanding in 2001. Expected release date is 7.7.07, and the title is Zeitgeist. Those who loved their sound will still be pleased to hear the same tone and voice; fans of the actual band members will […]

#8220;Fallen” follows Lans Kells, a freelance writer trying to get by in the new world post World War III, who inadvertently gets caught in the middle of an epic fight between Angels and Daemons for the souls of mankind. The Force insinuated to be God has left the tattered Earth […]

#8220;Have you ever read any Vonnegut?” The question was posed to me about three years ago while I was at a friend’s house. We were chatting in his living room when his father, who was flipping through a book, just asked me the question. I said no and he handed […]

For those who have listened to Fleetwood Mac you have had at least some exposure to Stevie Nicks. The newest release by Nicks, Crystal Visions, the very best of Stevie Nicks, reintroduces the hits that put her on the map of music stardom. Her first releases were with Fleetwood Mac, […]

Academy Award nominee and award winning playwright Jose Rivera works up a passionate, suspenseful, and crafty drama with his spicy play Massacre (Sing to Your Children). While Rivera shines a much needed spotlight on Latin-Americans, this thought provoking play centered on the logistics of human interaction and consequence holds universal […]

#8220;The more space we have the more fervor there will be for [the creation of art] work.” Said Lisa Krause, an art major whose senior project is the first to hang in a new small student gallery on the 2nd floor of the Fine Arts Building. Art Department Chair Mark […]

In the wake of the worst shooting spree in US history at Virginia Tech the Independent spoke with NEIU administration and Chicago Police officials about the state of emergency readiness at Northeastern. The university has been actively working on an Emergency Management Plan [EMP] for the last year and a […]

This timeline is courtesy of the Collegiate Times [CT] of Virginia Tech who provided it to the Independent. These excerpts were originally published on Monday, April 16th on CT’s website. 7:15 a.m. 911 call received, reporting shots in West Ambler-Johnson Hall 9:05 a.m. Gunman seen in Norris Hall 9:15 a.m. […]