Students finally had a chance to make their voices heard at the student town hall meeting with President Sharon Hahs despite of the noisy Student Union room where the event was held. There was lower than usual attendance. The noisy cafeteria adjacent to the small room kept many students out […]

#8220;I want to say that our goal for the town hall is to have a dialogue,” said President Sharon Hahs as she greeted students, faculty and staff on April 12. “It’s supposed to be informal. You’re supposed to be able to ask any question you want, as long as it’s […]

The Student Government Association (SGA) began their annual election process on April 10. Students were able to begin the process of voting online at 9 a.m. Since SGA members are either elected or re-elected annually, all of the positions such as the executive board, senator positions as well as the […]

Wayne Lela stood outside NEIU’s Student Union, surrounded by a mob of students who argued against his beliefs on homosexual activity. “We do not choose our sexual orientation, but we can choose our behavior-and homosexual activity is not moral behavior,” said Lela, founder of Heterosexuals Organized for a Moral Environment […]

The song “Dreamweaver” by Gary Wright welcomed the audience into the recital hall on April 14, just moments before Dr. Hamid Akbari, professor and chair of the Department of Management and Marketing was honored with the 2009 Dr. Audrey Reynolds Distinguished Teaching Professor Award. Commemorating the twenty years of excellence […]

#8220;All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.”These are the first few famous words of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Today, we can find information on every topic that can come to mind. Not too many though care about controversial issues such as human rights […]

Today’s world is so confused that sometimes we don’t even notice the crazy things we do to open the doors in front of us. Young people are especially affected by this “confusion.” Today, you have to juggle between going to school full time, working full-time, having a personal life (or […]

Congratulations Graduates. You’ve made it through your four, five or however many years it’s taken you to complete your education. You’ve busted your backside to pump out numerous papers, spent endless nights cramming for midterms and finals and passed the ECE and the constitution test, which is no longer mandatory. […]

Early Tuesday morning on April 20 brought about a new, environmentally friendly atmosphere with the introduction of 20 new trees on campus, which included five different types of oaks, as well as buckeye, cypress, spicebush and pawpaw trees. The group of about 20 students, faculty and staff were on campus […]

Music drifted out of St. James Cathedral and despite the already crowded room, people continued to arrive on April 16. By the time the event started around 7 p.m., the pews were packed and there was hardly room left to stand. It was not a church service which attracted these […]