During the weekend of Oct. 28-29, a group of about 14 NEIU students (myself included) traveled to the Stronghold Retreat Center in Oregon, Ill for the Spectrum Leadership Retreat; this year the themes were multi-culturalism and social justice. The group met at the NEIU main campus and took a two-hour […]

For many of us, midterms have passed. But now we’ve reached the second half of our fall semester, and this time calls for tapping into our energy reserves to boost up for the last few weeks ahead. Here’s a quick and easy recipe that’s sure to help our preparations […]

Chicago has a long history of strong-willed mayors that have wielded their political power with impunity, using legally questionable means to implement their agendas. Anton Cermak, Richard J. Daley and his son, Richard M. Daley, are just some of the more prominent examples. So, when the Starz channel announced that […]

Chicago has a long history of strong-willed mayors that have wielded their political power with impunity, using legally questionable means to implement their agendas. Anton Cermak, Richard J. Daley and his son, Richard M. Daley, are just some of the more prominent examples. So, when the Starz channel announced that […]

The Odd Couple’s Magic   By Shantez Tolbut, Staff Writer   The NEIU Stage Center offered students and staff a chance to see another classic Neil Simon play, “The Odd Couple” directed by Lisa Cantwell. This cute, hilarious and grungy comedy had the audience tickling with laughter during Oct. 20-22, […]

For the past five weeks, Chicagoans have taken to the streets to be a part of the recent “Occupy” movement. Participants come from a wide range of backgrounds; from housewives, to small business owners. As with many of the groups of “occupiers” across the country, this group also contains a […]

Hello to all, my name is Jorge Vargas, current president of the GLBTQA club. What is GLBTQA and what does it represent, one might ask. Well, to start off, GLBTQA stands for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning. The mission statement of our club is simple “Working to ensure all voices […]

Things are looking up for North Africa. With the capture and near-immediate death of Libya’s former dictator, Muammar Ghaddafi, Libya is now free to remake its political and governmental infrastructure in the image of more liberal and successful countries. Tunisia held its first democratic election on Oct. 23 during which […]

Charlie Hebdo (Charlie Weekly), a French satirical magazine, joined the ranks of Danish newspaper, Dutch filmmakers, Swedish artist, US Facebook cartoonist, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, by placing the prophet Mohammad on the front cover as a ‘guest editor’ of its November 2011 issue with a caption reading ‘100 lashes […]

Until the recent drought and famine hit the news, very little was being discussed in the United States regarding Somalia beyond the occasional pirate attack. Few people had ever heard about or understood the depth of violence and poverty that the country had been enduring for decades. Even now it […]