NEIU’s Stage Center Theatre’s rendition of Proof, a play by David Auburn that won a Pulitzer in 2001 and was adapted into a film featuring Anthony Hopkins and Gwyneth Paltrow, captured the story and emotion beautifully. The story revolves around Catherine, the daughter of a famous yet recently deceased mathematician. […]

James Ellroy writes the tough-guy crime novels that would make most people shudder. It is tough as nails, darker than Lucifer’s heart and entirely plausible. The book The Black Dahlia is no different. For those of you who have seen the Academy Award nominated film, you already know the basic […]

Governor Rod Blagojevich made his third appointment for the same NEIU Board of Trustees seat within four months. Race, political affiliation and process confusion have become issues in filling the seat. Dr. Carlos Azcoitia has been reappointed to the board, while Dr. Grace Dawson’s nomination has been withdrawn from consideration. […]

The meeting began with the words, “this is not a hearing,” and continued with “this is not a witch-hunt,” from Chairman Al Cordero, and the Charter and Rules Committee meeting was underway. On Tuesday, March 13 in an hour filled with more questions than answers, one resolution was rejected that […]

Student Government Association (SGA) Finance Committee approved all nine of the annually funded campus organizations for next year, but cut many of the requested budgets due to an $11,829.58 deficit. SGA, WZRD (Campus radio station), Black Heritage Gospel Choir, and Northeastern Programming Board (NPB) had their budgets trimmed. The budget […]

The College Campus Press Act would protect collegiate media from having university administrators say, “Stop the presses.” The Illinois General Assembly is moving to grant greater freedom and protections to the college media after a court case nearly derailed it. The measure passed the Illinois Senate 57 ? 0 and […]

It all started in a tiny office in the Science Building 15 years ago. With no budget and very little fanfare, Dr. Sargon Al-bazi, chemistry professor, founded the event that this year will feature 140 students presenting their academic and creative projects to the university community. This year’s Student Research […]

In a move that is being labeled both a bow to technology and an attempt to boost voter turnout, students will be able to cast their ballots online for the Student Government Association (SGA) elections. Polling opens Friday, April 6 at 9am and the polls close Wednesday, April 11 at […]

By incorporating The Vagina Monologues into her feminist activism class, Associate Professor Nancy Matthews thought it would be a fun and educational way to plunge into activism addressing the feminist issues of violence and sexuality at the same time. The students of Women’s Studies Class (WSP 202) under the guidance […]

On the night of March 20 an estimated four to five thousand people marched against the Bush administration’s war policies. They had marched together from 24 West Walton and proceeded down Michigan Ave. in commemoration of the 4th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War. Headlined as “Stop Funding […]