At the close of it’s 64th annual meeting at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, February 19th 2011, the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) awarded NEIU’s College of Education a top honor for Best Practice in Support of Global Diversity. According to conference marketing materials, over 800 higher […]

#8220;Having been so blessed in life, I often think of the things that I should be grateful for. The list al- ways seems to be never ending, but invariably it ends at one thing, that I was born as a MAN. Nothing in the world scares me more than […]

Contraception has become the most recent hot button bipartisan issue.  This leads us to wonder why President Obama believes now is a good time for America to fight over this battle. This issue that was previously known to be very controversial and cause a divide in communities and politics, […]

As the Editor in Chief of the paper, and founder of Seeds Literary Journal of NEIU, I understand what it takes to perform in leadership roles here at NEIU. That’s why, for women’s history month we decided that the best way to pay homage to the women leaders here at […]

Unveiled, a dramatization of the Muslim woman’s experience after 9/11 was performed to a full house at the NEIU auditorium on Friday, Feb. 10. Written and performed by Rohina Malik, Unveiled aims to bring out the spirit and strength of Muslim women and answer many of the buzzing questions […]

Renowned musicologist Alan Walker, Ph.D., will be presenting a lecture as part of Northeastern Illinois University’s (NEIU) Presidential Lecture Series on Thursday, Feb. 23. The lecture is titled “Franz Liszt: The Cultural Ambassador of the 19th Century.” Walker’s presentation is a part of NEIU’s Year of Liszt celebration in […]

The spotlight is bright center-stage as the story of Jackie Wilson opens on a scene with Mr. Jackie Wilson lying in a hospital bed, presumably in a coma. Nurses attend to him, and one in particular begins to talk to him as if he can hear her…if only they knew. […]

The Hunger Games, a fictional young adult novel written by Suzanne Collins, has grown in popularity within the past year. With a board game already created inspired by the book, and a feature film due for release March 23, many are curious to know what all of the buzz […]

While waiting for the play to be- gin at the famous Goodman Theatre, it’s hard to know what to expect from a play called RACE with a picture of a red sequined dress on the front of the playbill. I made a note not to look at the synopsis […]

Invisible Man, a play based on Ralph Ellison’s 1952 classic American novel of the same name, premiered at the Court Theatre in Hyde Park on Jan. 12 and ran through Feb. 19. Adapted for the theatre by Oscar-nominated writer Oren Jacoby and directed […]