It’s all a matter of perspective. In the story “The Three Little Pigs,” the wolf is hungry and attempts to capture and eat them. The pigs devise ways to avoid capture. The first two pigs were not prepared well and wound up in the house of brick built by the […]

I was in California when it happened. Any traveler’s worst nightmare in our post-9/11 world: being far from home when a terrorist plot is revealed. Thinking we were smart, we’d purchased full-sized bottles of shampoo, mouth wash and shaving cream to save money. Instead, three days before we were scheduled […]

It feels great to be back here on Voice of the Campus. The time off has been great, and I had some time to step back and take a good look at what’s been happening on campus. So far the current SGA has avoided any scandal, and the end of […]

#8220;I see NEIU as a potential model university of the future.” University presidential candidate Dr. Nabil A. Ibrahim spoke these words at a public meeting held to give NEIU a chance to engage him. In his opening statements, Ibrahim spoke about the challenges and opportunities that a metropolitan university presents. […]

The standard argument, “Who’s ever going to use this in real life?” doesn’t apply to Biology 100. This general education requirement is valuable to any person’s breadth of knowledge. Ribosomes, cellular respiration, endoplasmic reticulum, reactants, and whatever else the proverbial “they” decide to teach us is fine with me. What’s […]

The Peace Garden has been a labor of love for students at NEIU, no more so than for Joe Hertel. It received official status last month by President Salme Steinberg after the Student Government Association (SGA) passed a resolution endorsing it. As reported in the Sept. 26 issue of the […]

About one in every six students that enter the halls of NEIU as a freshman graduates within six years. Two summers ago, the Chicago Tribune published data from a study of Chicago Public School students who went off to college that showed that graduation rates lower than 20 percent were […]

The NEIU Image Art Club wants to be seen. Rather than being relegated to the confines of the classroom, they are determined to find a way for the university’s students to show the fruits of their labors beyond a meager allotment of wall space in the Fine Arts building. During […]

Daniela Truty knows what it means to be politically savvy, sharing her insight with students during a workshop entitled “Political Savvy in the Workplace.” The session was part of the annual Survivor Challenge Workshops hosted by the student activities office. Truty, undergraduate advisor and faculty member of the educational leadership […]

Earlier this year, Congressman Charles Rangel, a Democrat from New York, proposed a bill that makes the typical fears about military drafts pale in comparison.  The bill proposes that all civilians should be required to serve two years of civil service for the United States government.  Those drafted for civil […]