In an effort to ensure that those wishing to become U.S. citizens are truly embracing American ideals and values, Citizenship and Immigration Services, a Homeland Security Department agency, plans to revise the U.S. citizenship test. Its director, Emilio Gonzalez, said, “You ought to internalize by [the time of examination] the […]

Wicker Park has been Chicago’s Mecca for art, music, urban culture and night life for over a decade, but some say it is becoming a victim of its own success – it has become “Lincolnparkfied.” Others disagree. Still, this neighborhood offers a lot. Wicker Park and Bucktown run roughly from […]

I constantly find myself stuck in a virtual Internet rut, going to the same Web sites day after day, refreshing the page even when I know deep down a site has lost its luster or stopped aiding in my productivity. Often it only takes one new Web site to end […]

A fraction of the student body showed their awareness and opinions to the school’s administration planned 14.7 percent tuition increase for next year. This increase was presented as apart of a Student Government Association (SGA) meeting but became the only topic discussed, as matters on the SGA to approve budgets […]

NEIUport is now online. Tables have been set all over campus promoting, and helpers have been encouraging students to register. Once registered, all the information on the NEIU Web site becomes available in an easy-to-use format. Kim Tracey, head of Computing Services, hopes that NEIUport will be as “accessible to […]

#8220;What is Northeastern’s brand?” Dean Murrell Duster from the Office of Academic Advising wondered aloud to an overcrowded audience. “What makes our students and graduates unique?” Before taking her seat and re-opening the floor, Duster announced to the forum President’s Task Force on the Millennium Student that the typical NEIU […]

I don’t make New Year’s resolutions, but if I did, breaking and entering wouldn’t be one of them. Less than two hours into the New Year, I found myself shoeless, shimmying through a window of my house. No alcohol was involved. Besides not making resolutions, I also normally don’t enter […]

After a one-day delay, the NEIUport is now online. The portal will provide each user a customizable homepage. Users will log on using the same username and password that is used for NEIU webmail and used for making printouts in the computer labs. Director of Public Relations Erica Kreible said […]

The Chicago Rockstars basketball team hosted the Peoria Kings at NEIU on Dec. 9 in a roller coaster game that ended in a Rockstars win, 104-96. The Kings proved themselves a physical team. At the end of the half, with a score of 54-41, a fight threatened to break out, […]

#8220;I am NEIU,” was the call for solidarity during the teacher’s strike of 2004. Since then, the number of instructors at Northeastern has continued to grow. This is not an isolated incident, and the number of non-tenure track faculty at universities across the country continues to grow. According to statistics […]