Rating – 5 stars Award season brings around plenty of films that have “desperate for an Oscar” stamped across their foreheads. Ben Affleck, who directed and stars in his newest film, Argo, gracefully avoids falling into this trap. Based on a true story, Argo takes thrilling drama and combines […]
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Towers of Ajura
Rating – 4 stars Anyone with an interest in game design, including Northeastern Illinois University’s (NEIU) very own John Gronli and Sean Katamay, knows all about role-playing game (RPG) makers, one of the most basic of game design programs. In fact, Gronli and Katamay used the program to create […]
Too Big, Too Strong, Too Fast, Not Good Enough
Basketball season is underway and the Chicago Bulls are off to a fast 3-1 start heading into their Nov. 8 matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Bulls were a heavy favorite for a championship last year, but were unfortunately knocked out in the first round of playoffs. Since […]
Champs for Charity
The score was tied at 15-15 at the end of regulation and all that was left was a shoot out. This is one of the most exciting ending situations in hockey. That was the situation as the Blackhawks current and former players, the Chicago Stars as they were called, […]
Tigers Went to the World Series Four – Nothing
The San Francisco Giants tamed the Detroit Tigers this year in a 4-0 sweep in the World Series. The Tigers seemed to have lost their ability to hunt early on in Game 1. Maybe it could have been attributed to the Tigers being tired from sweeping the Yankees […]
An Elementary Sherlock Holmes with a Female Watson
The biggest surprise of the fall season is CBS’s series Elementary, featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most celebrated creation and internationally recognized icon, Sherlock Holmes. Jonny Lee Miller of Dexter stars as Sherlock and Lucy Liu stars as a ‘female’ version of Holmes’ trusted companion, Dr. Joan Watson. Elementary […]
Chicago Public Schools: A Self-Destructive System
Bold words from Jean-Claude Brizard show little mercy to the current Chicago Public Schools (CPS) system. Misplaced power, according to this resigned CEO of CPS, is the key error of CPS. Power currently reigns in the realm of bureaucracy and administrators, rather than the most active members of […]
Apple’s Next Big Thing is Going Small
Apple usually isn’t the type of company to yield to rumors, but recently the company has given in to announcing their new 7-inch tablet, the iPad mini. In an Oct. 23 conference, Apple announced the iPad mini alongside a New Macbook Pro, Mac Mini and iMac. But the real […]
Black Revolution
Senior Studio Art major Darius Dennis invites Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) and members of the Chicago art community to explore the Black identity by attending his senior art show entitled, Educated Black Veteran V.S. Angry Black Militant – Black Revolution in Time for Obama. This show represents both the […]
Woman’s Work?
Woman’s Work?is the newest gallery presented by artists Anni Holm, Mark Newport and Lindsay Obermeyer. The gallery is on display from Nov. 5-30 in the Fine Arts building. The exhibition theme is taken from a series by Obermeyer and features “forms of artmaking by women, such as knitting, crocheting, […]