With films like Gangs of New York, The Aviator and Taxi Driver on the résumé of director Martin Scorsese, it’s no surprise The Departed is a masterpiece. Once again, he has teamed up with Leonardo DiCaprio, creating the best movie of 2006. The Departed tells the story of two young […]

Not since 1997 has big basketball thundered through the courts of NEIU. That may soon change if an agreement goes through which would bring the American Basketball Association team the Chicago Rockstars to campus. A deal is all but done that would have the Rockstars hosting their 16 home games […]

Victor Montañez addressed an audience on Sept. 15 at El Centro to accompany the unveiling of a collaborative mural that he oversaw entitled “Sophia in Society.” Montañez spent his summer creating the mural alongside students of El Centro’s Summer Transition Program in the hopes that incoming Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) […]

The Reverend Jesse L. Jackson visited NEIU to address the notion of social justice, including the role that people must play in representing their own interets. “Vote for your interests. Vote to lower tuition. Vote for better teacher packages. Vote for a job that pays when you graduate. Vote for […]

Identity theft is one of the fastest-growing crimes in America and hits one in four U.S. households a year, according to cnn.com. This means you or someone could at some point be a victim. This crime brings along a huge amount stress to the innocent victims it affects. To minimize […]

Everyone has heard a fairy tale in some form or another, often starting with “once upon a time” and ending with “happily ever after.” The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales at the Lifeline Theatre has all the familiar tales, but with a twist to them. It’s based […]

If you Google the phrase “online dating,” you come up with about 127 million hits. That’s a lot of information. So how do you cull the good from the awful? Do you go with eHarmony and its all-too-adorable commercials where everyone seems to meet Mr. or Ms. Right and pay […]

With the recent school shootings that have been going on, a hot topic is probably going to be brought to the front lines yet again. Yes, it’s gun control. Liberals seem to be more restrictive in terms of gun control. The liberal side of the argument is often that it […]

Student insurance a is perceived as necessary evil. It appears that even though it has already been paid for, we still have to spend horrendous amounts of money on medical care. I am an international student, and according to Northeastern Illinois University’s policy I was required to enroll in the […]

The New York Times recently ran a piece showing Northeastern Illinois University with a 17 percent graduation rate of full-time incoming freshmen in six years. This statistic alone is appalling, but the implications made are even more so. This means that 17 out of every 100 incoming freshmen are going […]