The university’s motto is, “Excellence, access, diversity and community.” The third is definitely true; U.S. News reports that in their college edition every year. Yet what has happened to the other parts of the motto? When you examine the first two, red flags are waving. Have you ever felt you […]

Imagine that you felt like a hostage in your own community: you were trapped in your own home by drug dealers, violent thugs and roving gangs intent on defending their money and their turf by any means necessary. Stepping outside your door each day for work, school or, God forbid, […]

Early Nov. 3 on a Kennedy expressway off-ramp, 52-year-old Malachi Ritscher set himself on fire in protest against the war in Iraq. His charred body lay before the statue of the “Flame of the Millennium.” A sign beside him read, “Thou Shalt Not Kill.” In a statement written on his […]

Why is the sky blue? Why is water wet? Why is fire hot? Why can’t I see the air? Why do flowers smell? Questions a curious little child asks, to which an adult might reply, “because,” since the true explanation would not be comprehended. Another answer, the one my mother […]

Among several changes that are taking place on and around campus are the appointments of new faculty and staff. Some of these faces are new to NEIU while others have been on campus for a while. Francesca Morgan is an assistant professor in the history department. Previously, Morgan was an […]

New York Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel has, for the third time in the past few years, proposed legislation calling for the reinstatement of the military draft. The legislation would require two years of military service for males between the ages of 18 and 26. Early this year, Rangel proposed a […]

Student Trustee Peter Michalczyk made some serious allegations about the process the Board of Trustees followed when they picked new University President Sharon Hahs at their Nov. 16 meeting. Michalczyk claimed that the Board might not have followed the letter of the Illinois Open Meetings Act (IOMA) law, and that […]

#8220;I’m sorry it’s not Spanish. It’s Hispanic or Latino or whatever” said Board of Trustee (BOT) member and head of the BOT Presidential Search Committee Edward Dykla at the Board meeting on Nov. 16 when Dr. Sharon Hahs was voted in as the new NEIU president. Students and staff generally […]

Rebecca Makridis Georgakis was taught early in life by her parents, Chrysanthi and John, that her education was the single most important thing. Despite being weakened by rounds of chemotherapy to treat a brain tumor diagnosed in February 2003, Makridis graduated cum laude in 2005 from NEIU with a bachelor’s […]

I was picking up the typical bread, milk and eggs recently at my local Jewel store when I noticed a new addition at the cash register. Next to the credit card reader was a little green box with a small pane of glass on it and a scanner underneath. The […]